Gorton

American

[gawr-tn] / ˈgɔr tn /

noun

John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.

Gorton British

/ ˈɡɔːtən /

noun

Sir John Grey. 1911–2002, Australian statesman; prime minister (1968–71)

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Wright Robinson College in Gorton, East Manchester, already offers 10 practical or vocational subjects for study in Year 10.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Greens will certainly be buoyed by their stunning success in Gorton and Denton.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Once again all eyes are on Greater Manchester - less than four months after the Gorton and Denton by-election, here we go again.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

In January a potential opportunity for a return to Westminster arose when Greater Manchester MP Andrew Gwynne announced he was standing down, triggering a by-election in his Gorton and Denton constituency.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

He asked Gary Gorton, a Yale professor who had built the model that Cassano used to price the credit default swaps: Gorton guessed that the piles were no more than 10 percent subprime.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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