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chamber

[chaym-ber] / ˈtʃeɪm bər /


NOUN
legislative body
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Jane Campbell, a peer in the House of Lords upper chamber, struggles to speak naturally due to spinal muscular atrophy, a condition that worsens over time.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

That was a departure from a 1707 ruling which prohibits non-peers from appearing on the floor of the chamber.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

But the emails show California Forever boosters fear Mashburn has another bullet in the chamber.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The myth dies hard, and in the internet age, when everyone can find their own echo chamber, it can go on for a long time.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Oh, you should have seen that noble chamber in all its quiet grandeur.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

That’s why stories about AI bots being put into virtual torture chambers aren’t just silly, but foregrounds the false notion that AI is capable of suffering.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

Stakeholders currently are defined as anyone who lives, works or owns real property within the neighborhood boundaries, or community organizations like chambers of commerce or nonprofits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The groups can be "echo chambers where everyone just spins each other out about their kids", he says, and suggests having a proper conversation with your child about boundaries, before university starts.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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

Princess Nehemia was safely in her chambers, surrounded by her guards.

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

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

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2023

He’ll stand in front of the TV on one foot with his knee chambered just like van Damme.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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

The chambering machine is used only in clay or other soil which does not wash readily.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying: 14.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren




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