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chamber

[chaym-ber] / ˈtʃeɪm bər /


NOUN
legislative body
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The hope is that the only battles which take place in the coming days are in the Belfast courtroom and the Stormont chamber, and not on the streets of Portadown.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

"So when we get into the chamber, the inmate's already hooked up."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Iron and magnesium tend to become concentrated near the bottom of a magma chamber, while more soluble elements such as potassium remain closer to the top.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

For safe-keeping, the flag is displayed in very low light, giving the chamber a sacred feel, like a cathedral crypt.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

“What do you need a vacuum chamber for, anyway?” the boy-Human asked.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

Many will argue that is because people live in echo chambers online, and don't want to hear other voices.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

In 2015, she ejected her father from the party over his repeated characterization of Nazi gas chambers as a “detail of history.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

People with higher inflammation tended to have thicker heart walls, smaller heart chambers and poorer heart filling - all changes which may develop quietly for years before progressing to heart failure.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The door to her chambers opened, and she found Nehemia standing in the doorway.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

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

They found a loaded 9mm handgun in the apartment, but the pistol didn’t have any shots chambered at the time police inspected it.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 17, 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

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

A saw gumming, gulleting or chambering machine to be operated by hand, and constructed by Henry Disston & Sons, is illustrated in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

Gin ye store the money ye hae scrapit by mony a hard bargain, some heir ye never saw 'ill gar it flee in chambering and wantonness.

From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Ian Maclaren




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