Sam
noun
a male given name, form of Samuel.
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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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Sam.
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American
abbreviation
Bible.
SAM
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/ sæm /
acronym
S.Am.
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abbreviation
Sam.
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abbreviation
sam
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British
/ sæm /
verb
Example Sentences
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There were rumors that Edenwald residents would move into dorms, said Sam Rose, editor of Goucher’s student newspaper.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Sam Sacks finds that Ray Nayler’s novel is “skillfully sown with dramatic surprises” even as it straddles the divide “between the speculative and the plausible.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Ubraniak plays not only Sam but also Clay, the manager of Primary Trust, the bank that takes a chance on Kenneth, offering him a teller slot.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Dan Loeb, the hedge-fund veteran famed for boardroom fights and valuing investing, admits Sam Bankman-Fried fooled him.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
As the calliope swung into ‘Marching Through Georgia’, Uncle Sam unfolded himself out of the caboose.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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