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Tamm

American  
[tahm] / tɑm /

noun

  1. Igor Evgenievich 1895–1971, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1958.


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COPENHAGEN—Martin Tamm Andersen spent his 20s fighting the U.S.-led global war on terror in places other American allies refused to go.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

For several years, Tamm has worked alongside the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians to research how indigenous cultural burning practices can be used to tackle the oak borer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

The transient nature of the comb jelly anus was discovered in 2019 by Sidney L. Tamm at the Marine Biological Laboratory.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2021

“It’s baloney, beyond belief,” agrees John Tamm, a former FBI agent on the Philadelphia field office’s labor squad who investigated Sheeran and once arrested him.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2019

"Tamm it," said he, angrily, and putting her down, "go to bed now—you are not wanted any more."

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various