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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British
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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
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“As we’ve had this big push into the enterprise, there ha ve been a bunch of surprises,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said onstage with Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk at Tuesday’s conference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Edward Norton, “The Invite” “The favorite is Garfield, who plays tricky billionaire Sam Altman in ‘Artificial.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
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
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
Sam thought about that after he scampered away to play with his blocks.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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
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
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
The museum says it will no longer support the collection’s associated DNA laboratory at UA, which will make SAM the only major Australian museum without the ability to do DNA studies, researchers say.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 5, 2024
With great respect, I am, Your Excellency's humble servant, SAM.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
“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
“And if I had to pay the price of admission, then that was OK, because those doors had to be opened - like Yosemite Sam. Somebody had to do it.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
"Oh, it's complicated, Sam. It's when you say one thing but mean something else. Or write one thing but mean something else. Understand?"
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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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