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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Instead, this week’s tournament at Chatham Hills in Indiana was turned into the season finale with reduced prize money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
“Historically Pakistan always wanted to be seen as primus inter pares”—first among equals—“in the Muslim world,” says Farzana Shaikh, an expert on Pakistan at the British think tank Chatham House, in a phone interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The 49-year-old from Chatham was diagnosed with the condition in 2023, five years after she first had symptoms.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
And there were rumours that the duke's lawyer, David Sherborne, had been seen at Chatham House.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
When me and Jingle Boy got to Chatham we went right to their post office.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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