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chamber

[cheym-ber] / ˈtʃeɪm bər /


NOUN
legislative body
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Some assembly members criticised the move when unveiled by Givan in the Stormont chamber on Monday, with one - Sinn Féin's Danny Baker - at one point describing him as "a disgrace".

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Before the war, trade between Kuwait and Iran was robust, totalling roughly $300 million in 2024, according to Kuwaiti media citing the two countries' joint chamber of commerce.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

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

From Slate Sep. 3, 2026

They were alone in the chamber, the same chamber he’d once stood in with his co-candidates.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Two chambers, two vehicles, one bill they have not yet agreed on.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Even if the party were to win control of both chambers of Congress in November's elections, there are no guarantees of swift action as it would have to unite behind one proposal.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

The tomb features an outer courtyard, rock-cut chapel and subterranean burial chambers.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Olmedo held a hearing in chambers on the reason for the change in legal representation, but sealed the transcript of the hearing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

Presently the chambers gave up their fair tenants one after another: each came out gaily and airily, with dress that gleamed lustrous through the dusk.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

The strike of the hammer on the chambered shell needs a specific amount of force to detonate the primer.

From Slate Jan. 27, 2023

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

“Let us walk honestly as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.”

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr

"Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness," &c.

From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey




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