the northwest

noun

variants or the Northwest

: the northwestern part of a country or region

A mountain range is in the northwest of the country.

Examples of the northwest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Unstable air, excited by a clash of a cool low pressure system from the northwest and warmer air to the south, roiled over the plains again on Saturday. —

Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024 Winds from the northwest increase again, perhaps gusting once or twice near 35 mph. —

A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024 Allegheny County emergency dispatchers said the blast in Crescent Township in the northwest Pittsburgh suburbs was reported shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday. —

Pilar Arias, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2024 This year, though, the fun will be moved from the southwest quadrant to the northwest section of the Circle. —

The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024 Albatrosses spend most of their life in the air, but Wisdom has been making sporadic stops on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, a small island off the northwest coast of Hawaii, officials said. —

Irene Wright, Sacramento Bee, 17 Apr. 2024 That includes Newport, Bellevue, Dayton, Wilder, Highland Heights and other areas in the northwest area of the county. —

Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 9 Apr. 2024 Winds blow from the northwest around 10 to 20 mph, with some gusts past 30 mph. —

Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024 Gaetano Pesce was born on Nov. 8, 1939, in La Spezia, on the northwest coast of Italy. —

Fred A. Bernstein, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024

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