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Roget

American  
[roh-zhey, roh-zhey, rozh-ey] / roʊˈʒeɪ, ˈroʊ ʒeɪ, ˈrɒʒ eɪ /

noun

  1. Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.


Roget British  
/ ˈrɒʒeɪ /

noun

  1. Peter Mark . 1779–1869, English physician, who on retirement devised a Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (1852), a classified list of synonyms

"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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Michelin estimates that globally tyres emit around 3 million tonnes of particles annually - and create another 3 million tonnes of particles from road surfaces, its technical and scientific communications director Cyrille Roget said.

From Reuters May 17, 2023

Big, Titanic: A dazzling insight leads Peter Roget to his life’s work — and to immortality.

From Washington Post Nov. 3, 2022

Optimising the technology for road vehicles is, however, a totally different challenge, Mr Roget says: "We have 130 years of experience and knowledge in perfecting inflatable structures like pneumatic tyres. Airless technology is very recent."

From BBC Jun. 13, 2022

“To be able to work with them on it and be able to work with Roget for the first time” means something, Anderson says.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2021

And then Jaques Roget, and Pierre Dupin, and Philippe Chamel—bless them all, and their wives too, I say!

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 by Various

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