Congreve
Americannoun
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William, 1670–1729, English dramatist.
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Sir William, 1772–1828, English engineer and inventor.
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Dan Congreve and colleagues at Stanford University are working on LEDs made with perovskite crystals, a material often used in solar cells.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023
Any woman of a certain age in anything by Shakespeare, Dickens, Congreve, Dryden or Sheridan.
From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2021
Easing the actors on to Planet Congreve was movement director Francine Watson Coleman.
From The Guardian • May 21, 2019
The Way of the World, written and directed by Theresa Rebeck, adapted from the play by William Congreve.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2018
This clever and celebrated Birth-place of Congreve, the poet. poet, was baptised in the church of this village in the month of February of the same year.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
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