Stockton

[ stok-tuhn ]

noun

1. Frank R. Francis Richard Stockton, 1834–1902, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
2. John, born 1962, U.S. basketball player.
3. a city in central California, on the San Joaquin River.

Stockton

¹

/ ˈstɒktən /

noun

1. 1st Earl of. title of (Maurice Harold) Macmillan

Stockton

²

/ ˈstɒktən /

noun

1. an inland port in central California, on the San Joaquin River: seat of the University of the Pacific (1851). Pop: 271 466 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Stockton, who in 1975 was finishing up his first year of calling Red Sox games for WSBK-TV in Boston, only learned that NBC had tabbed him to call the World Series in the last week of the regular season.

From Washington Post

In Stockton, Democrat Michael Tubbs’ 2020 mayoral re-election campaign may serve as a cautionary tale in how risky it can be.

From Time

Now, the Stockton program isn’t so much an anomaly, but a prototype.

From Time

When the Stockton program started, just 28% of those who would get the cash had full-time employment.

From Time

Stockton was famously durable but finished without a single NBA title.

From FiveThirtyEight

Root for Gonzaga, and watch this David Stockton highlight on loop.

From The Daily Beast

Stockton had his own go at the healthcare.gov help desk yesterday, and posted the exchange on his website.

From The Daily Beast

Ceasefire has also been used recently in Stockton, California, and cities in New Jersey.

From The Daily Beast

Dilello contacted an acquaintance from Stockton named Ruben Williams, who agreed to find someone for $1,000.

From The Daily Beast

“What we are hearing from activists is an incredible sense of frustration,” said Stockton.

From The Daily Beast

The next day Porter was caught at Stockton and completely routed, losing nearly a hundred men.

From Project Gutenberg

Isabel nodded and started up Stockton Street alone, intending to take the first car that led in her sister's direction.

From Project Gutenberg

Blacksmith shops were also set up in connection with this factory, where the stage horses of the Stockton line were shod.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Stockton had one of his coaches named John Tyler, in honor of the vice-president of the first Harrison administration.

From Project Gutenberg

She conducted this tavern in 1833, and kept the stock and boarded the drivers and other employees of the Stockton line of coaches.

From Project Gutenberg