Clayton

American  

[kleyt-n] / ˈkleɪt n /

noun

1. John Middleton, 1796–1856, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1829–36, 1845–49, 1853–56; secretary of state 1849–50.

2. a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.

3. a male given name.

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Example Sentences

Clayton County, which found LGBTQ+ workers to be protected from workplace discrimination.

From Salon

Despite averaging just shy of 98, Smith was unable to topple Zonneveld who took the last two sets to reach the third round for the first time, where he will face world number five Jonny Clayton.

From BBC

In a letter to the judges overseeing the Epstein and Maxwell cases, US attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton, said: "Victim privacy interests counsel in favour of redacting the faces of women in photographs with Epstein even where not all the women are known to be victims because it is not practicable for the department to identify every person in a photo."

From BBC

Clayton added that "this approach to photographs could be viewed by some as an over-redaction" - but that "the department believes it should, in the compressed time frame, err on the side of redacting to protect victims."

From BBC

The Lakers got a scare when James went down holding his left knee after a collision with Utah’s Walter Clayton Jr. James was dribbling the basketball near the three-point arc when Clayton went for a steal, but instead his knee hit the inside of James’ knee, knocking the Laker to the floor with 7:52 left in the second quarter.

From Los Angeles Times