Maury

American

[mawr-ee, mor-ee] / ˈmɔr i, ˈmɒr i /

noun

Matthew Fontaine 1806–73, U.S. naval officer and scientist.

Maury British

/ ˈmɔːrɪ /

noun

Matthew Fontaine. 1806–73, US pioneer hydrographer and oceanographer

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Maury Scientific

/ môr′ē /

American naval officer and oceanographer who charted the currents and winds of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans and wrote the pioneering book Physical Geography of the Sea (1855).

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The Fox ownership deprived us of Mike Piazza, and the voters deprived us of Maury Wills, but the answer remains zero.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Throughout the previous year, once indispensable working-day hosts like Ellen DeGeneres, Maury Povich, Wendy Williams, and Dr. Oz all bid goodbye to their time slots, either to retire or to seek other career paths.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025

Advances at the lab contributed to radar systems, microwave ovens, jet engines and nuclear reactors, said Maury Fey, who worked there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

“Connie: A Memoir,” which also details the media personality’s experiences in broadcast television as an Asian American woman and her marriage to Maury Povich, came out Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024

Reckon Maury going to let me cry on him a while, too.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

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