Sam
noun
a male given name, form of Samuel.
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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Sam.
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American
abbreviation
Bible.
SAM
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acronym
S.Am.
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abbreviation
Sam.
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abbreviation
sam
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/ sæm /
verb
Example Sentences
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“The power of the Hilltop Youth isn’t in its numbers, but in its conviction,” said Sam Hyde, a researcher at the nonpartisan Israeli think tank Jewish People Policy Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
If you’re looking for action and adventure, Sam calls The End of Oak Street a “nasty little throwback to Jurassic Park.”
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
“It comes as no surprise that they have decided to chase the next shiny object of robotics just as Tesla and so many Chinese companies have done,” said Sam Abuelsamid, a mobility analyst at Telemetry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Earlier this year, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman said Australia could become a data centre capital of the world, if it wanted to.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“But we are running out of time,” said the agent who Sam and Serina had rescued.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
If SAM is essential for lanternfly reproduction, interfering with the material might offer a highly specific way to control the species.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The rod-shaped CSV nanocrystals improve how well the perovskite precursor spreads across the typically water repelling SAM surface, allowing for more uniform coverage.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026
Boston Beer SAM 1.47%increase; green up pointing triangle reported lower revenue in the fourth quarter and said shifting tariff policies could significantly impact its guidance for the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Because of anticipated interest in this exhibit, which SAM describes as the largest retrospective of Ai’s work ever shown in the U.S., the museum has booked an extended run of six months.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
SAM, Uncle, a tall, lean, good-natured rich man who sets paces and spends his money.
From Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Irwin Leslie Gordon
“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
The father replied, “Thanks Sam. We are still looking for him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
“I have mixed feelings about Sam. The ring of power can corrupt, and he has the ring of power. So I don’t know.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
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
“There is no more time. You need to get your things together, Sam. You.Te going with Gilly.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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
Garvin has switched between sam linebacker in the Seahawks’ base defense, and will linebacker when they go to their nickel package.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2017
Galacticor thank you for your observation, you are quite right about standards. i stand corrected. sam lee should have been red carded for head butt, headless chickens in red "head butting" incredible !
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2014
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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