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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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
"The idea is to say, we can do to you what we did to Nicolas Maduro," Christopher Sabatini, senior fellow for Latin America at Chatham House told AFP.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
While the war will strengthen Beijing's ongoing push towards self-reliance, China is not really winning in this scenario, says Yu Jie from London-based think tank Chatham House.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
“Well, I’m-a tell you something, Elijah. You’d best not tell no one from Chatham that that’s your name.”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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