Elam
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Pusser indeed owned a lot of guns, including a .30 carbine caliber revolver that Mike Elam managed to procure over the course of his investigation.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025
We met on a Friday morning in October in Adamsville, just three days before the big town hall, for a bus tour that Elam leads biannually, called “Truth Has No Agenda.”
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025
She spoke at length about her battle with the disease in a 2024 roundtable discussion with CNN correspondents Stephanie Elam, who was one of her close friends, and Sara Sidner, a breast cancer survivor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
Elam, Occidental’s current president, announced last August that he would step down June 30 after a four-year tenure due to a recent diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, a progressive neuro-degenerative illness that affects movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
The little touch of Elam Lynds was good for our morale.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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