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.

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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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Example Sentences

BBC Scotland News has seen correspondence which shows NHS Lothian is considering closing one of two respite homes in Livingston and Edinburgh due to severe financial pressures.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Back in the U.S., in 1972, Mr. Edwards started teaching at the Livingston College campus of New Jersey’s Rutgers University, where he became a full professor in 1980 and retired 22 years later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“That cannot be right,” Livingston Holder, a former manned spaceflight engineer with the Air Force and space shuttle payload specialist, recalled thinking when he first heard that fact.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

With Rangers held to a 2-2 draw at bottom club Livingston and defending champions Celtic beaten at home by Hibernian on Sunday, Hearts boss Derek McInnes must have been watching on with a big grin.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

He had been studying the electrical and magnetic fields of Cornell’s little sixteen-inch cyclotron, which had been built by Livingston in 1935 as the very first non-Berkeley machine.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik