chambered

past tense of chamber

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of chambered Like many other hunters, my first real deer rifle was chambered in the ought-six. — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026 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
  • Crews went floor to floor, hitting individual cubicles, offices and even coordinating with a restaurant also housed in the building.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Palisades originally housed an 805-megawatt reactor, which is now in the final technical stages of restarting.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • His attorney has said Garces-Perez remains seriously ill and has a bullet lodged in his body while being held at an ICE detention facility.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The bullet lodged close to Garces Perez's spine and had not been removed as of last week.
    — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • First, the law takes its time in responding to new technologies, figuring that new tools can be accommodated within existing ideas, rules, and doctrines.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But, as seen in Piddington, that strategy can create challenges when a large asylum facility is proposed near a small community that has historically accommodated relatively few asylum seekers.
    — Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Chambered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chambered. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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