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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

/ ˈɒə /

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)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Stockton

2

/ ˈɒə /

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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But when the Stockton resident enrolled at UC Davis, he changed his mind — and opted for biology, a common premed major.

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Vickers said Stockton's asylum seekers were all housed near the town centre which caused challenges in accommodation, public services and integration, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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"I myself warned people away from getting into that submersible. I specifically told them that it was simply a matter of time before it failed catastrophically. I told Stockton Rush himself that I believed that."

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Other women have come forward to support her and shared their experiences at the Stockton maternity ward.

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In interviews conducted by text in the spring of 2024, using a tablet provided by the prison, Carpenter said he was looking forward to his transfer to the California Health Care Facility in Stockton.

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