as in housing
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 chambering
Bolt-action rifles, prized for reliability, require the operator to pull the trigger for one round before manually chambering another round.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chambering
Verb
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John, surprisingly, fully buys the story and is now housing the two.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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Mati Modern Greek Cuisine opened Friday in the Roseville location formerly housing Pete’s Restaurant & Brewhouse at 3003 Douglas Blvd.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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The interior is surprisingly accommodating, with enough room to fit a phone, glasses, keys, lip gloss, and hand sanitizer.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Mar. 2026
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Lamai's case isn't the first in which hospitals have been accused of improperly accommodating racist patients.—
William Morris,
Des Moines Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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The projectile traveled through a pantry before lodging in another wall, missing the family inside.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Repeatedly named one of the South’s best resorts, Sea Island has a couple of lodging options across the Golden Isles, but The Cloister is the heart of the brand’s hospitality offerings.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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Dark Renaissance will teach you a great deal about Marlowe’s brilliance and the Elizabethan era—its theater, the aristocracy, the spy craft, and the finer points of drawing and quartering religious dissidents.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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The closest buck was quartering away to my right, running hard.—
Robert Merchant,
Outdoor Life,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Chambering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chambering. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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