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.
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The horse-and-horseshoe sign is on the northeast corner of Central Avenue and Bethany Home Road, along Murphy's Bridle Path.
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Jeremy Duda, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
Those four counties are part of a larger region in the northeast corner of Texas that is burdened by some of the highest levels of heart illnesses in the country.
—Mark Johnson, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
But the northeast corner of the tree, which was next to a two story building, had burned the hottest and never showed signs of new growth.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
The National Transportation Safety Board said the crash occurred near Recluse, Wyoming, a community in the northeast of the state.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 27 July 2024
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Jeremy Duda, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
Those four counties are part of a larger region in the northeast corner of Texas that is burdened by some of the highest levels of heart illnesses in the country.
—Mark Johnson, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
But the northeast corner of the tree, which was next to a two story building, had burned the hottest and never showed signs of new growth.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
The National Transportation Safety Board said the crash occurred near Recluse, Wyoming, a community in the northeast of the state.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 27 July 2024
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“The northeast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20northeast. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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