Maury

[ mawr-ee, mor-ee ]

noun

1. Matthew Fon·taine [fon-, teyn, fon, -teyn], 1806–73, U.S. naval officer and scientist.

Maury

/ ˈmɔːrɪ /

noun

1. MauryMatthew Fontaine18061873MUSSCIENCE: hydrographerSCIENCE: oceanographer Matthew Fontaine. 1806–73, US pioneer hydrographer and oceanographer

Maury

/ môr′ē /

1. 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).

Example Sentences

Lou Johnson also had two homers and Maury Wills hit .367 with three stolen bases.

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“This is a game changing moment for our community and for religious families of children with disabilities — not only requiring change in the state of California but holding nationwide implications,” Teach Coalition chief executive and founder Maury Litwack said in a statement.

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Years later in an interview with The Times, Roberts said he leaned on advice from Dodgers stolen-base king Maury Wills: “Maury told me that anyone can do the safe thing, but it takes someone special to take a chance.”

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The ’65 Dodgers like to run, led by Maury Wills and his league-leading 94 stolen bases.

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“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.

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