How to Use the Pacific Northwest in a Sentence

the Pacific Northwest

noun
  • Barred owls have lived in the Pacific Northwest since the 1950s.
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2023
  • More than a third of the sightings come from the Pacific Northwest.
    Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Plus, there’s the travel to the Pacific Northwest, which can take a toll.
    Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • It was then bought by the small, upstart chain called Haggen from the Pacific Northwest.
    Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But for the two half-share members in the Pacific Northwest, the path is treacherous.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Dear Amy: My husband has lived in the Pacific Northwest since 1966.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Sasha’s book is also about punk in the Pacific Northwest.
    Sadie Dupuis, SPIN, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The almanac added that the Pacific Northwest could see cloudy and cool weather at the beginning of the spring season.
    Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Hops love warm, sunny days — and those happen to be longer and hotter in the Pacific Northwest.
    Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023
  • More snow is on the way to California and the Pacific Northwest, but the boys of summer aren’t going to wait any longer.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Most people—even those who have spent their whole lives in the Pacific Northwest, where ice worms live—have never heard of them.
    Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Most steelhead fishing takes place in the Pacific Northwest in large coastal rivers.
    Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 12 June 2024
  • The 2024 wildfire season has gotten off to a blazing start in the Pacific Northwest.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2024
  • Still, Jocelyn — a 30-something in the Pacific Northwest — couldn’t shake the feeling that his abuse was her fault.
    Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Head to the Pacific Northwest — heck, head straight into the rain forest with this sweater coat and its convenient hood that lies flat when not in use.
    Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Jeff Bezos is moving from the Pacific Northwest to the Southeast.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The arrival of a trough from the Pacific Northwest will bring back with it the marine layer, which was eroded and squished by the high pressure that gave rise to the recent heat.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Snow continues with a storm moving through the Pacific Northwest and out into the Plains.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Fire weather alerts were most prevalent in the Pacific Northwest and the Four Corners region.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The refuge is considered to be a lasting example of what the Pacific Northwest looked like over 100 years ago.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2024
  • While these regions heat up, the Pacific Northwest can expect a cool down by next weekend.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 June 2024
  • In the Pacific Northwest, ice storm warnings were in effect through this morning.
    Carolyn Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Burgundian wine families have been putting down roots here for decades, to the point that the valley has been dubbed the Burgundy of the Pacific Northwest.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2024
  • But the summers of the Pacific Northwest beguiled him, along with an arty scene of kindred directors.
    Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • More than 50 cities from the Pacific Northwest to Arizona are expected to break record highs through Wednesday.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 July 2024
  • Between 5 million and 12 million years ago, enormous salmon swam through the waters of what is now the Pacific Northwest.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The closure applies to adult fall-run chinook and deals a blow to the Pacific Northwest's salmon fishing industry.
    Julie Watson and Lisa Baumann, ajc, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The '90s rocker sold millions of albums with the group and helped popularize the Pacific Northwest's grunge scene.
    Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Another Asian practice that has found its way to the shores of the Pacific Northwest is the Japanese art of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2023
  • These features are most popular in temperate climates like the Pacific Northwest and Southeast.
    Jamie Gold, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024

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