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Livingston

American  
[liv-ing-stuhn] / ˈlɪv ɪŋ stən /

noun

  1. Robert R., 1746–1813, U.S. political figure and jurist.

  2. a township in NE New Jersey.


Livingston British  
/ ˈlɪvɪŋstən /

noun

  1. a town in SE Scotland, the administrative centre of West Lothian: founded as a new town in 1962. Pop: 50 826 (2001)

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Hastert served in the House from 1987 until 2007 and became speaker after the turbulent departure of fellow Republican Newt Gingrich and the withdrawal of Gingrich's intended successor, Bob Livingston.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Julie came to the Journal from the Chicago Tribune's business desk, where she covered energy and green technology and was a Livingston Award finalist for her coverage of the breakup of the Pritzker family empire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

When he was a seventh-grader in 1997, President Clinton visited the campus of Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy, a Modern Orthodox K-8 school he attended in his hometown of Livingston, N.J.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Police in Livingston, N.J., recently warned people to stay out of the closed Livingston Mall property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

He placed the responsibility for fashioning a suitable new vacuum chamber in Livingston’s hands, and then vanished from the laboratory to go “angling for funds and other support,” Livingston recalled.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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