Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
Robert William, 1865–1933, U.S. novelist and illustrator.
Whittaker Jay David Chambers, 1901–61, U.S. journalist, Communist spy, and accuser of Alger Hiss.
a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
(in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)
archaic a suite of rooms; apartments
(in the US) the private office of a judge
law
in the privacy of a judge's chambers
Former name for sense 5: in camera. in a court not open to the public
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Both chambers’ versions of the bill would also give the Treasury Secretary carte-blanche power to rewrite the legislation “to minimize market disruptions” and “mitigate, to the extent possible, negative impacts” on consumers, and communities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
It appears likely the issue is headed for a conference committee, a small group of lawmakers who meet to work out a compromise when the two chambers’ versions contain intractable differences.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023
House and Senate negotiators are working behind the scenes to merge the two chambers’ versions of landmark legislation designed to prepare the United States for strategic and economic competition with China.
From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022
Congress has created a House-Senate conference committee to incorporate elements from both chambers’ bills.
From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2022
She said, and through her chambers’ stately door Issuing, descended; neither went she sole, But with those two fair menials of her train.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
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