as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter
chambered the lost hikers in the barn until the next morning
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Recent Examples of chambered
The programmable fuze is set via a data link as the round is chambered.
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Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
24 June 2026
The gun did not fire, prosecutors said, because no round was chambered.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
23 Mar. 2026
The Department of Homeland Security later released a photograph of the weapon, which officials familiar with the evidence said appears to be a custom Sig Sauer P320 chambered in 9mm.
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Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Bies will succeed the Honorable Vicki Vial Taylor and will be chambered in Hastings in Dakota County.
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Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
30 Nov. 2025
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
24 June 2026
The gun did not fire, prosecutors said, because no round was chambered.
—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
23 Mar. 2026
The Department of Homeland Security later released a photograph of the weapon, which officials familiar with the evidence said appears to be a custom Sig Sauer P320 chambered in 9mm.
—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Bies will succeed the Honorable Vicki Vial Taylor and will be chambered in Hastings in Dakota County.
—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
30 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chambered
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It was cast by the same foundry in London, Whitechapel Bell Foundry, that produced the original bell in 1752, now housed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
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During its first decades the seventeen-story building housed The Miami News.
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On June 3, Walden went to the hospital, where a CT scan revealed the metal bristle had become lodged in his bowel and had begun puncturing his intestine.
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On a hike in 2005, Flod came across a truck tire lodged between two boulders in Malibu Creek.
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Textron and the participating pilots also have to coordinate with the Special Olympics organizers to make sure all the athletes are accommodated appropriately.
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Extreme weather that experts say may be fueled by climate change has become a concern for producers, who say the problem should be accommodated with a more predictable purchase price.
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“Chambered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chambered. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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