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tam

American  
[tam] / tæm /
tam British  
/ tæm /

noun

  1. short for tam-o'-shanter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of tam

By shortening

Example Sentences

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“Without the qui tam, the federal government often would never find out about the fraud at all,” Leonardo Cuello, an expert on Medicaid at Georgetown University, wrote after Mizelle’s ruling.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 25, 2024

The government declines to intervene in the majority of qui tam cases.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 25, 2024

As Siri Nelson, executive director of the National Whistleblowers Center, argues, qui tam third-party lawsuits like the False Claims Act have a tradition of strong government oversight to avoid any hint of vigilantism.

From Slate Feb. 10, 2022

In this generally sporting tam toss of a memoir, such an assertion lands with the soft plunk of sanctimony.

From New York Times Oct. 14, 2021

Her tam did, in fact, from Zooey’s vantage point, appear not unlike a dab of paint.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

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