the northeast
noun
variants
or the Northeast
: the northeastern part of a country or region
A mountain range is in the northeast of the country.
Examples of the northeast in a Sentence
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The race last Saturday was the culmination of months of effort from schools in the northeast Bronx, where students designed and assembled soapbox cars to compete for a place in the international championship this summer.
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Bernard Mokam Gabriela Bhaskar, New York Times, 11 May 2024
Meet at the northeast corner of Delaware Lake parking lot.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 9 May 2024
Archaeologists say that traditions of Aztec sacrifice likely trace back to the city of Teotihuacan, at least in part, which sat about 30 miles to the northeast of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2024
Highlight: Lovely attention to detail makes the design of this property a standout (think Waterworks and Toto finishes in the bathrooms, Matouk linens, and furnishings by RH, Serena & Lily, and antique showrooms across the northeast).
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 May 2024
Sunak was able to breathe a sigh of relief when the Conservative mayor of Tees Valley in the northeast of England was reelected, albeit with a depressed share of the vote.
—TIME, 4 May 2024
Labour has won in areas that voted heavily for Britain’s departure from the European Union in 2016 and where it was previously crushed by Mr. Johnson, such as Hartlepool in the northeast of England, and Thurrock in southeast England.
—Pan Pylas, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
The entrances are located at the northeast and northwest sides of the campus, referred to as the McCarthy and McClintock entrances.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
All of the lender’s locations — which sprawled across the northeast United States— reopened last Saturday as branches of Fulton Bank, which scooped up almost all of Republic First Bank’s deposits and assets.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 2 May 2024
Bernard Mokam Gabriela Bhaskar, New York Times, 11 May 2024
Meet at the northeast corner of Delaware Lake parking lot.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 9 May 2024
Archaeologists say that traditions of Aztec sacrifice likely trace back to the city of Teotihuacan, at least in part, which sat about 30 miles to the northeast of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2024
Highlight: Lovely attention to detail makes the design of this property a standout (think Waterworks and Toto finishes in the bathrooms, Matouk linens, and furnishings by RH, Serena & Lily, and antique showrooms across the northeast).
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 May 2024
Sunak was able to breathe a sigh of relief when the Conservative mayor of Tees Valley in the northeast of England was reelected, albeit with a depressed share of the vote.
—TIME, 4 May 2024
Labour has won in areas that voted heavily for Britain’s departure from the European Union in 2016 and where it was previously crushed by Mr. Johnson, such as Hartlepool in the northeast of England, and Thurrock in southeast England.
—Pan Pylas, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
The entrances are located at the northeast and northwest sides of the campus, referred to as the McCarthy and McClintock entrances.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
All of the lender’s locations — which sprawled across the northeast United States— reopened last Saturday as branches of Fulton Bank, which scooped up almost all of Republic First Bank’s deposits and assets.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 2 May 2024
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“The northeast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20northeast. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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