north of

idiomatic phrase

of a number or value
: greater than
Auburn coach Bruce Pearl earned north of $3.9 million this season …Tom Green
Fighting as he is now to keep his approval rating north of 40%, November 2009 probably looks to Obama like the good old days.Elias Isquith
Cognacs of similar quality typically go north of $100.Jack Bettridge
compare south of

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On Monday, June 23, first responders were alerted to reports of an unresponsive boy at a home in Fingal Bay, around 140 miles north of Sydney, at around 12.10 p.m. local time, New South Wales Police told PEOPLE in a statement. Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 24 June 2025 The latter, roughly 25 miles north of Miami, offered 70 daily flights to over 30 destinations as of April of this year. Alain Sherter, CBS News, 23 June 2025 The facility, with a price tag north of $50 million, will be built on approximately 14 acres at the southwest corner of the Sawmill Parkway/Ohio Route 42 intersection, about three miles south of Delaware. Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 22 June 2025 In the rolling hills of Westchester County just north of New York City stand a country estate soaked in American history. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for north of

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First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of north of was in 1978

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“North of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/north%20of. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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