Tompkins
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He shaved his head and spent most weekends skating Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan, listening to hardcore punk and Joy Division.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Davidson analysts Matt Curtis and Andrew Tompkins wrote in a Monday note.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
That robot—part of the Tompkins Robotics tSort automated-sorting system—zooms across foam mats and tips the item into a black tote box bound for a particular store.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
It is about friendship and creativity and New York City, specifically the East Village when you didn’t walk past First Avenue alone, on the edge of gentrification and the 1988 Tompkins Square Park riots.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
John Tompkins, a lawyer and part of a small minority of white professionals who considered the racial integrity laws to be unconstitutional, agreed to represent Tony and Mary to appeal their convictions.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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