Examples of northbound in a Sentence
The northbound lanes are closed.
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Crews will work to reopen the northbound freeway in sections as work progresses on Saturday.
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Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2024
One northbound lane will stay closed for the entirety of that span.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 18 July 2024
But there's one extraordinary find of a bull shark on the Mississippi from 1937 in Alton, Illinois, north of St. Louis — less than 250 miles from southern Lake Michigan — that shows the hardy shark's northbound, freshwater capabilities.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
The northbound lanes of Interstate 75, which runs west from Fort Lauderdale to Naples before heading north through Tampa and into Georgia, were gridlocked for much of Monday and into Tuesday morning.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
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Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2024
One northbound lane will stay closed for the entirety of that span.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 18 July 2024
But there's one extraordinary find of a bull shark on the Mississippi from 1937 in Alton, Illinois, north of St. Louis — less than 250 miles from southern Lake Michigan — that shows the hardy shark's northbound, freshwater capabilities.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
The northbound lanes of Interstate 75, which runs west from Fort Lauderdale to Naples before heading north through Tampa and into Georgia, were gridlocked for much of Monday and into Tuesday morning.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Northbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/northbound. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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northbound
adjective
north·bound
ˈnȯrth-ˌbau̇nd 
: headed north
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