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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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After Savery finished her victim impact statement, a handful of other victims and observers in the courtroom applauded.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

Savery has always enjoyed using his size to run over tacklers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 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

Savery has since moved to Texas and sold his ticket shares to another pal in their group.

From Seattle Times Feb. 4, 2023

Moreover, absent from Papin’s design was a simple device employed by Savery: the use of a spray of water over the cylinder to cool it in order to speed the condensation of the steam.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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