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Uncle Sam wants you to join the Army!
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Having Uncle Sam buy a bunch of bitcoin artificially jacks up the price.
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
Medicare and Medicaid account for the bulk of U.S. prescription purchases, and Uncle Sam could use its enormous leverage more effectively.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
What mining company would take the risk of building a new operation in a warzone only to hand over most of the profits to Uncle Sam?
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Pelley’s band, Uncle Sam’s Population, had an agent, who gave him the phone number of a bigger agent, in New York.
—David Owen, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
Medicare and Medicaid account for the bulk of U.S. prescription purchases, and Uncle Sam could use its enormous leverage more effectively.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
What mining company would take the risk of building a new operation in a warzone only to hand over most of the profits to Uncle Sam?
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Pelley’s band, Uncle Sam’s Population, had an agent, who gave him the phone number of a bigger agent, in New York.
—David Owen, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Uncle Sam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Uncle%20Sam. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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Uncle Sam
noun
Un·cle Sam
ˌəŋ-kəl-ˈsam 
1
: the U.S. government thought of or represented as a person
2
: the American nation or people
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