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Carlton

American  
[kahrl-tuhn] / ˈkɑrl tən /

noun

  1. Stephen Norman SteveLefty, born 1944, U.S. baseball player.

  2. a male given name.

Carlton British  
/ ˈkɑːltən /

noun

  1. a town in N central England, in S Nottinghamshire. Pop: 48 493 (2001)

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So many students now have high GPAs and strong test scores that the competition has extended to the summer, said Lisa Bain Carlton, a college counselor in Austin, Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Carlton Cuse, a showrunner on season two, told Deadline that the writers and researchers they worked with infused the season with “plausibility” to make it compelling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Houston, Texas remains a major venue but the Chevron Championship moves from Carlton Woods to the city's Memorial Park course.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

“RIP Dad, Legend Carl Carlton singer of She’s a Bad Mama Jama. Long hard fight in life and you will be missed.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

When we were kids, Constantine used to sleep out here with Carlton and me in the summer, when Mama and Daddy went to out-of-town weddings.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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