Stockton

[stok-tuhn]

noun

1. Frank R. Francis Richard Stockton, 1834–1902, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

2. John, born 1962, U.S. basketball player.

3. a city in central California, on the San Joaquin River.

Stockton

¹

/ ˈstɒktən /

noun

1. an inland port in central California, on the San Joaquin River: seat of the University of the Pacific (1851). Pop: 271 466 (2003 est)

Stockton

²

/ ˈstɒktən /

noun

1. 1st Earl of. title of (Maurice Harold) Macmillan

Example Sentences

“Tonight, my heart is heavy in a way that’s hard to put into words,” said Stockton Vice Mayor Jason Lee in a statement posted on Facebook.

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He played a pass-first style handed down from basketball’s earliest days, a tradition that runs from Bob Cousy and Magic Johnson to John Stockton and Jason Kidd.

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Clark Pest Control of Stockton, Crane Pest Control, and Orkin Services quickly settled with Ventura, Orange and Riverside counties and nine other California counties over allegations made against the trio in Contra Costa Superior Court.

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“It is different this time,” said Katie Stockton, founder of Fairlead Strategies.

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Katie Stockton, a technical strategist and founder of Fairlead Strategies, said she has slightly different criteria for what constitutes a death cross.

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