upper chamber
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
The House vote appears to have injected new momentum into bipartisan talks now underway in the upper chamber.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
Graham is seeking his fifth term representing South Carolina in the upper chamber.
From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025
Kamiya launched Sanseito in March 2020, and was the party's only candidate to be elected into the upper chamber in 2022.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025
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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