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

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On Friday night, Trump is set to hold a rally in Traverse City, Michigan, located on the northwest part of the peninsula. —

Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024 Two write-in candidates are competing for one two-year seat to represent Ward 5, which encompasses the northwest portion of the school district: Lizette Mier and Ricardo Serna. —

Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024 Indigenous Territory of the northwest state of Acre and who created a mural on the exterior of Central Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale. —

Lise Alves, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024 Popular on Variety The film turns on Marina, a young woman who visits her biological father’s family in Celta, a blue-collar shipping community in the northwest of Spain. —

Jamie Lang, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the northwest