Chatham
Americannoun
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1st Earl of. Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham.
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a city in N Kent, in SE England.
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a city in SW Ontario, in S Canada, near Lake St. Clair.
noun
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a town in SE England, in N Kent on the River Medway: formerly royal naval dockyard. Pop: 73 468 (2001)
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a town in SE Canada, in SE Ontario on the Thames River. Pop: 44 156 (2001)
noun
Example Sentences
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Suit and tie in a heatwave, head down, reading out his prepared lines about the games at the event in Chatham House, welcoming Uganda as a new member country.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
“The attacks are meant to disrupt and deter ships from traversing the strait,” Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa program at London’s Chatham House think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The story began in 1999 when Dr. Richard Köhler uncovered the fossil during a research expedition to Pitt Island in the Chatham Islands.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
“This was a multi-pronged effort at reasserting deterrence,” said Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House, a London-based think tank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
“Overruled. You’ll have your chance to cross-examine” Mr. Chatham nodded to the judge, and then turned back to his witness.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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