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Savery

British  
/ ˈseɪvərɪ /

noun

  1. Thomas. ?1650–1715, English engineer, who built (1698) the first practical steam engine, used to pump water from mines

"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

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Savery told The Times that her husband gave her a diamond ring from Holdo’s store for their 20th wedding anniversary in 2008.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Savery selected a pair of ruby earrings and paid him $5,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Richard Savery, one of the researchers, says, “You’ll get a word like ‘storm’, and then it’ll generate a whole bunch of related words, like ‘rain’.”

From NewsForKids.net ● Apr. 1, 2024

The old bar at the Savery Hotel, where candidates would often stop by for a drink, has been renovated.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2022

Desaguliers and a friend later built models of both the Savery and the Newcomen engines: despite his extraordinary expertise, Desaguliers was plainly taken aback to see the Savery engine outperform the Newcomen engine.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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