upper chamber
Americannoun
noun
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Wednesday’s hearing made clear there is also a bipartisan desire in the upper chamber of Congress to crack down on the platforms.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
King Charles will deliver the proposals from a golden throne in the House of Lords upper chamber while wearing the diamond-studded Imperial State Crown and a long crimson robe.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Speaking to the BBC's Politics Live, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander defended why the government did not stop Lord Doyle's appointment to the upper chamber.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
Starmer on Monday also demanded that Mandelson resign from the House of Lords, the U.K.’s upper chamber in Parliament.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
At this point another member of the kyorremy, the upper chamber or parliament that Estraven heads, pushes and squeezes a way up close to him and begins talking to him.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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