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chamber

[cheym-ber] / ˈtʃeɪm bər /


NOUN
legislative body
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And it could hasten those calling for reform of Parliament's second chamber.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Newsom ordered the dismantling of San Quentin’s death row and execution chamber.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a similarly failed constitutional amendment for the upper congressional chamber last year.

From Slate Sep. 3, 2026

To test that idea, Airapetian's team recreated conditions thought to resemble the atmosphere of early Earth inside a sealed chamber.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

“I showed my dad ReelTok screaming about Chokecherry, and now the chamber of commerce is threatening to sue him. Let’s get out there.”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

As in New Mexico, the final bill passed both chambers unanimously and enjoyed strong support from the governor.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Four of the six individuals were sisters and daughters of the pharaoh Amenemhat II. They had been placed in matching underground burial chambers.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

Because GRCop-42 has high thermal conductivity while maintaining its strength at extreme temperatures, it is used in aerospace systems, including liquid rocket engine combustion chambers.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

However, another missive from the judge's chambers quickly overshadowed the hotel snafu that same afternoon: the jury had reached their verdicts.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

He considered the chambers and his own lodging as temporary residences, and advised me to look out at once for a “fashionable crib” near Hyde Park, in which he could have “a shake-down.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

The complex family tree of a Neolithic clan buried in a chambered tomb called Hazleton North shows the promise of DNA to reveal ancient relationships.

From Science Magazine Oct. 4, 2023

Other sites from the same period in history are close by, and include a stone circle at Torbreck and chambered cairn at Culduthel in Inverness.

From BBC Sep. 26, 2023

Maybe some drawings — especially the chambered spaces of domestic interiors, which can be quite complex — are more sophisticated than others in the subtlety of execution, suggesting skill developed over time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2023

In 2012, one in five rifles sold chambered in .223 Remington was AR-15-type rifles, according to the research firm Southwick Associates Inc.

From Washington Times Jun. 13, 2022

But his eyes are gray and chambered and shallow, and after a moment he returns to his spirals.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Inspired by a hybrid of several technologies — pneumatics, mechanical springs and hydraulics — the semi-automatic rifle produces almost no recoil by transferring that energy into expelling shells and chambering the next rounds.

From Washington Times Jan. 19, 2023

The standard chambering for the Triple Lock was the .44 Special, although it was also offered in .38/40 and .45 Long Colt.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally, Benellis are fast, spitting out empties and chambering fresh rounds more quickly than any other auto.

From Time Magazine Archive

This worthy cavalier discountenanced all idleness, rioting, chambering, and wantonness among his soldiery.

From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Washington Irving

Let not greediness and chambering overtake me, And give me not over to a shameless mind.

From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Richard Green Moulton




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