Sam
noun
a male given name, form of Samuel.
Sam
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[sam]
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SAM
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American
[sam]
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noun
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surface-to-air missile.
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Space Available Mail: a special air service for sending parcels weighing up to 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms) to overseas members of the armed forces: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment is charged.
SAM
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American
Sam.
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American
abbreviation
Bible.
SAM
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British
/ sæm /
acronym
S.Am.
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British
abbreviation
Sam.
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British
abbreviation
sam
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British
/ sæm /
verb
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OpenAI, whose chief Sam Altman called a listing "ill-advised" this year, has chosen to wait until 2027, giving it time to see how Wall Street treats its big rival.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
By Sam Wasson Harper: 752 pages, $45 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Sam Adams makes the case that Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary is about something more tender than just matters of truth and reality.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
The film, starring Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as grizzled spies on Easter Island in 1973, got a similar reception from gala festival audiences in Venice and Toronto in September, triggering instant Oscar chatter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Sometimes, when she wasn't looking, Sam rolled over to her basket of knitting stuff and tried to knit.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
Instead, every sperm cell is surrounded by a thick layer of SAM.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Boston Beer SAM 0.23%increase; green up pointing triangle swung to a loss in the first quarter and cut its outlook, driven by both lower volumes and a nonrecurring litigation expense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Boston Beer SAM 0.44%increase; green up pointing triangle raised its profit guidance for the year as it sees a milder tariff headwind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
“Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei,” an exhibit organized by SAM and featuring more than 100 works, will be on display at the museum March 12-Sept.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
Why, they'd say it to Jim—you ought to hear them talking at the convention— SAM.
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: in Mizzoura by Augustus Thomas
“His name is Sam. He moonlights as a lawyer too so he was prepping me,” says Jane, deadpan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
“God don’t make no mistakes but he is gracious and I am humbly asking for his mercy and grace for Sam. I love you son ... to the moon and back 100 times.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
Or, as the famous quote from the 1942 film Casablanca goes: "Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2024
Offensive lineman Nick Gates: “We just didn’t do our jobs. We didn’t protect for Sam. Plain and simple. And a lot of that’s on me. I didn’t do my job.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
“It’s me, Sam. I’m home. I have a friend with me.”
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
My absolute favorite was the sam khao, a crispy rice salad that is served build-your-own-lettuce-wrap-style.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
That sam smith and kelly clarkson collab of breakaway 🥺 parang bagay din kay ate 🥰
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
They saw little things, from Tagovailoa’s unusually deft knack for finding clever angles of escape from rushers, to the way Christian Miller, a sam linebacker, can throw aside a blocker en route to causing havoc.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2018
By sam sifton Download the new Cooking iPad app See more recipes She set the slow cooker to low and walked away.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2016
We tried to paddle against it but had no more luck than flot- sam caught in a tidal wave, and then it thudded against our feet and we were rising, too, riding its back.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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