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Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was a 1765 meeting in New York City of delegates from nine colonies, which issued the Declaration of Rights and Grievances against parliamentary taxation.
Stamp collecting
Stamp collecting, or philately, is the hobby of gathering and studying postage stamps and postal history. Covers origins after the 1840 Penny Black, condition grading, topical collecting, valuation, and the digital tools reshaping the hobby.
Stamp duty
Stamp duty: a tax on documents transferring property, shares, or securities, named for embossed revenue stamps first used in England in 1694; now charged on transaction value, e.g. UK SDLT and Singapore BSD/SSD/ABSD.
Stamp Fairtex
Stamp Fairtex (Nadthawan Panthong, b. 1997, Rayong) is a Thai atomweight fighter and ONE Championship's first three-sport world champion, holding Muay Thai, kickboxing, and MMA titles; she vacated the MMA belt in 2025 after a knee injury and returned to competition in 2026.
STAMP trial (NCT04048161)
STAMP trial (NCT04048161), Study of Tacrolimus vs Mycophenolate Mofetil in Pediatric Patients With Nephrotic Syndrome: Chinese multicenter RCT in 270 children with FRNS/SDNS; tacrolimus gave 82.22% vs 58.52% 1-year relapse-free survival (JAMA Pediatrics 2025).
Stampede
Stampede: sudden panicked mass flight of animals or crowds, from Spanish estampida. Central hazard of Texas cattle drives; stopped by circling leaders into a mill; also describes fatal human crowd crushes.
Stampede (Orville Peck album)
Stampede is Orville Peck's third studio album, a 15-track, 50-minute duets record released August 2, 2024 on Warner Records, featuring Willie Nelson, Elton John, Kylie Minogue, Beck, and others; Metascore 74.
Stampede Trail
The Stampede Trail is an off-highway-vehicle and hiking trail in Denali Borough, Alaska, running west toward the Sushana River, known for the abandoned bus where Chris McCandless died in 1992.
STAMPEDE trial
STAMPEDE (Systemic Therapy in Advancing or Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Evaluation of Drug Efficacy) is a UK-Swiss multi-arm multi-stage platform trial, 2005-2023, ~12,000 men, showing docetaxel, abiraterone, and low-burden radiotherapy improve survival when added to hormone therapy.
Stampede3
Stampede3 is a supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin, serving as the NSF ACCESS ecosystem's primary open-science resource since 2024.
Stamping (metalworking)
Stamping, or metal stamping, is a cold metalworking process in which sheet metal is shaped, cut, or formed between a die and the slide of a mechanical or hydraulic press.
Stamping out (epidemiology)
Stamping out is an animal disease eradication strategy in which all susceptible animals on infected and contact premises are slaughtered, with compensation paid to owners.
Stampli
Stampli is an Israeli-founded software company specializing in AI-powered accounts payable automation, founded by brothers Eyal and Ofer Feldman, headquartered in Mountain View, California, with over $148 million raised.
Stan (song)
Stan (song): 2000 Eminem track from The Marshall Mathers LP featuring a Dido "Thank You" sample, telling of an obsessive fan who dies driving off a bridge; it gave English the slang word "stan", added to the OED in 2017.
Stan & Ollie
Stan & Ollie (2018) is a biographical comedy-drama directed by Jon S. Baird, written by Jeff Pope, starring Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel and John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy on their final 1953 British variety tour.
Stan Against Evil
Stan Against Evil: IFC comedy-horror series (2016–2018) created by Dana Gould, starring John C. McGinley and Janet Varney as sheriffs fighting 172 demons in Willard's Mill; three seasons, 24 episodes, canceled 2019.
Stan and Jan Berenstain
Stan and Jan Berenstain (both born 1923) were a Philadelphia-born husband-and-wife cartoonist team who created the Berenstain Bears with Dr. Seuss as editor in 1962; more than 300 books and hundreds of millions of copies sold.
Stan Ashbee
Stan Ashbee (Stanley Luca Ashbee, born 2006, Hull) is a left-footed Irish youth international centre-back, son of Ian Ashbee, a Hull City player on loan at Scunthorpe United with one FA Cup appearance.
Stan Collymore
Stan Collymore (born 1971, Stone, Staffordshire), English centre-forward; British record £8.5m 1995 move from Nottingham Forest to Liverpool, 81 games and 35 goals there, scorer of the 1996 4-3 Newcastle winner, three England caps, later Villa, Leicester, Real Oviedo, then punditry and mental health advocacy.
stan culture
Stan culture is fan behavior characterized by extreme, identity-defining devotion to a celebrity or group, named after Eminem's 2000 song "Stan", and known for coordinated streaming, voting, and fan-funded projects.
Stan Cwiklinski
Stan Cwiklinski, full name Stanley Francis Cwiklinski, is an American rower born 1943 in New Orleans who won gold in the men's eight for the Vesper Boat Club at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and later served 23 years as a US Navy salvage officer.
Stan Ellis
Stan Ellis is an American politician and Republican member of the California State Assembly from the 32nd district, elected in a 2025 special election; in September 2025 he announced he would not seek re-election in 2026.
Stan Freberg
Stan Freberg (1926–2015), American radio satirist, voice actor, and comedy recording artist; creator of "John and Marsha," "St. George and the Dragonet," The Stan Freberg Show, and the father of the funny commercial.
Stan Gerdes
Stan Gerdes is an American Republican politician and member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 17, previously a senior advisor to Rick Perry.
Stan Getz
Stan Getz (1927-1991), American jazz tenor saxophonist from Philadelphia, nicknamed "The Sound"; Four Brothers soloist with Woody Herman whose Jazz Samba and Getz/Gilberto (first jazz Grammy Album of the Year winner) launched the American bossa nova craze.
Stan Grant (journalist)
Stan Grant (born 1963) is an Australian Wiradjuri journalist, author, and filmmaker who worked for the ABC, Seven, CNN, Sky News, and Al Jazeera, won Walkley and Peabody awards, hosted Q+A, and resigned from the ABC in 2023 after racist abuse.
Stan Hansen
Stan Hansen (John Stanley Hansen II, b. 1949), 'The Lariat,' American pro wrestler from Borger, Texas; broke Bruno Sammartino's neck in 1976, first foreigner to beat both Inoki and Giant Baba, four-time AJPW Triple Crown champion, WWE Hall of Fame 2016.
Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton (Stanley Newcomb Kenton, 1911–1979), American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader of the Artistry in Rhythm and Innovations orchestras, pioneer of progressive jazz, jazz education clinics, and the 1956 Down Beat telegram controversy.
Stan Kirsch
Stan Kirsch, an American actor, is best known for playing Richie Ryan on Highlander: The Series (1992–1998). He also co-founded Stan Kirsch Studios in Los Angeles in 2008.
Stan Kitzman
Stan Kitzman is an American politician and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 85th district, defeated in the March 2026 Republican primary by Dennis Geesaman.