Chambers
noun
Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
Chambers
American
[chaym-berz]
/ ˈtʃeɪm bərz /
noun
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Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
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Robert William, 1865–1933, U.S. novelist and illustrator.
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Whittaker Jay David Chambers, 1901–61, U.S. journalist, Communist spy, and accuser of Alger Hiss.
chambers
British
/ ˈtʃeɪmbəz /
plural noun
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a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
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(in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)
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archaic a suite of rooms; apartments
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(in the US) the private office of a judge
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law
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in the privacy of a judge's chambers
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Former name for sense 5: in camera. in a court not open to the public
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Fuel sales could well decline again in September given the further increases in prices, Capital Economics economist Harry Chambers said in a note to clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The report concluded chief executive Tony Chambers was "dictatorial" in his approach to consultants and that presentations by executives to the hospital board were an "exercise in spin".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Under pressure from the European Union, Kosovo created the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in 2015 to try the KLA for suspected crimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Addressing Dunkley at the end of the short hearing, Judge Chambers ordered a pre-sentence report and remanded him in custody.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But unlike Bentley, Chambers had been disgusted by Stalin's willingness to make a pact with Hitler in 1939.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
But the main event for voters will be electing members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the two chambers that make up Congress.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
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
United Contractors, National Diversity Coalition and dozens of local chambers of commerce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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
When Bernard arrived, we consulted briefly at the counsel table before a bailiff asked us to go back to the judge's chambers.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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