chambered

past tense of chamber

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of chambered The programmable fuze is set via a data link as the round is chambered. 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
Verb
  • The Foscarini Signature Suite (which housed the Doge) is approximately 966 square feet and also offers Grand Canal views.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Off-grid residents blur the line between housed and homeless, as county officials juggle lax enforcement, environmental damage, real estate scams and calls to legalize basic services such as addresses and trash pickup.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Despite surgery, however, the bullet lodged inside his abdomen was not found, and his condition suddenly deteriorated.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Castro is accused of firing a gun through the front door of a Minneapolis home, striking Sosa-Celis in the leg with a bullet that lodged in a child’s bedroom wall.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Affected passengers were being accommodated on later flights.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • When the Berkeley Lab opened its supercomputing center inside the building, the site accommodated an IBM device that at the time was the world’s most powerful unclassified supercomputer.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Chambered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chambered. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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