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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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
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
Thaci has been in custody in The Hague for six years since he voluntarily surrendered in 2020 to the tribunal, known as the Kosovo Specialist Chambers.
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
Ishmael Chambers, in the last light of day, found himself seated in the office of the lighthouse chief petty officer, a large man named Evan Powell.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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
When researchers dissected the plants, they discovered that a species of predatory wasp was using the hollow chambers for an entirely different purpose.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Many will argue that is because people live in echo chambers online, and don't want to hear other voices.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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
He’d even approximated the artillery reach from each of the gun turrets on the towers and signified with dotted lines how he guessed the different inner chambers would be laid out.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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