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Chambers

American  
[cheym-berz] / ˈtʃeɪm bərz /

noun

  1. Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.

  2. Robert William, 1865–1933, U.S. novelist and illustrator.

  3. Whittaker Jay David Chambers, 1901–61, U.S. journalist, Communist spy, and accuser of Alger Hiss.

chambers British  
/ ˈtʃeɪmbəz /

plural noun

  1. a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court

  2. (in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)

  3. archaic a suite of rooms; apartments

  4. (in the US) the private office of a judge

  5. law

    1. in the privacy of a judge's chambers

    2. Former name for sense 5: in camera.  in a court not open to the public

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Americold Chief Executive Rob Chambers said his company has seen some customers that previously left for newer facilities return to Americold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Danny Chambers, who represents Winchester, said sewage had been "pouring" into the River Itchen, potentially affecting the endangered fish currently laying eggs in the chalk stream.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Thursday’s order set a hearing in the Richard H. Chambers U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Chambers used the credit to book another 14-day Celebrity sailing — in this case, one that took him and his wife around Spain and Morocco, among other places.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

Hatsue settled into missing her husband and learned the art of waiting over an extended period of time—a deliberately controlled hysteria that was something like what Ishmael Chambers felt watching her in the courtroom.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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