tam

Definition of tamnext

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Noun
  • Every failure of the state now stains the turban as well as the uniform.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Singh, who would be our local guide, always wore the five traits of a pious Sikh man — uncut hair (symbolizing strength and holiness and topped by the identifying turban), a steel bracelet, wooden comb, sheathed dagger and a baggy undergarment dating back to the Sikhs’ warrior days on horses.
    Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Newspapers kept running a photograph of an internationally famous heiress toting a machine gun while wearing a saucy beret.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Kardashian paired her velvet set with sheer stockings, patent leather pumps, a beret, and cat-eye sunglasses.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The other, a raggedy, bearded civilian from his country’s military reserve, is less enthused, and often strips off his service greens and his Ottoman-style fez to smoke cigarettes and lounge in the sun.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Pugsley is a pug wearing a fez.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sutton Foster crochets Hugh Jackman a marching-band shako for the occasion.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In black-and-white school photos from the early ’60s, Trump can be seen in boots, sash and a plumed shako, like some Austro-Hungarian infantryman.
    ROBERT F. WORTH, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
Noun
  • That’s what lawmakers grappled with Monday when a local conservative provocateur came to testify on an immigration bill wearing brownface and a sombrero and speaking Spanish.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
  • This deepfake video is the latest shared by the administration that has drawn criticism, after an artificial video of Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office (which never happened) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Folks in the South will recognize ingredients like oxtails and butter beans, which are combined with Jamaican green seasoning, Scotch bonnet, and allspice in Fowles's recipe.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Look at him carrying his baby to the park, to the market, to the playground; tying a bonnet to her head; slathering her plump pink arms with organic sunblock.
    Daniel Smith, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Another suspect was said to be about 14 years-old, 5-foot-5, about 190 pounds and wearing a black shirt, denim gray pants, white Air Force 1 Nikes and a black helmet with a blue backpack on a black e-bike, police said.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
  • During a shift change, Dean Tait watched from behind the glass, removing his helmet and taking a drink from his water bottle.
    Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Be sure to stick around for the twice-daily gunfights staged in the dusty streets by local thespians in 10-gallon hats.
    Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
  • It was pared with a matching fez hat, oversized cuff bangles, and flat black sandles.
    Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Tam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tam. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.

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