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
Tom GreenFighting 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
Elias IsquithCognacs of similar quality typically go north of $100.—Jack Bettridge
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Photos showed damage from north of the town of Tours to Penelope and in the China Spring area, the weather service said.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Apr. 2024
The port sits just southwest of Gaza City, a bit north of a road bisecting Gaza that the Israeli military built during the fighting.
—Lolita C. Baldor, arkansasonline.com, 26 Apr. 2024
The chain-reaction collision began Saturday about 10:10 p.m. when a 20-year-old man in a Honda Civic crashed on south I-5 north of J Street, CHP Officer Salvador Castro said.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024
Ehrhart was hiking the trail near Natural Bridges, about 12 miles north of Brookings, Oregon, when the accident occurred on Sunday, April 21, around 2:30 p.m., the sheriff’s office said.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
The hiker, identified as Richard Ehrhart from San Jose, California, had gotten separated from his wife as the pair hiked the coastal trail near Natural Bridges, about twelve miles north of Brookings, the Curry County Sheriff’s Office said.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2024
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff Sitting on 200 acres of land north of downtown Flagstaff, the Museum of Northern Arizona includes gardens, trails, a library and numerous historic buildings.
—The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024
The collision was first reported around 6:15 a.m. and three lanes north of Southwest Eighth Street remained closed as of 8:22 a.m.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
About four miles north of Ontario International Airport, the Rancho Cucamonga station will sit on a five-acre property at the northwest corner of Milliken Avenue and Azusa Court in San Bernardo County.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Apr. 2024
The port sits just southwest of Gaza City, a bit north of a road bisecting Gaza that the Israeli military built during the fighting.
—Lolita C. Baldor, arkansasonline.com, 26 Apr. 2024
The chain-reaction collision began Saturday about 10:10 p.m. when a 20-year-old man in a Honda Civic crashed on south I-5 north of J Street, CHP Officer Salvador Castro said.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024
Ehrhart was hiking the trail near Natural Bridges, about 12 miles north of Brookings, Oregon, when the accident occurred on Sunday, April 21, around 2:30 p.m., the sheriff’s office said.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
The hiker, identified as Richard Ehrhart from San Jose, California, had gotten separated from his wife as the pair hiked the coastal trail near Natural Bridges, about twelve miles north of Brookings, the Curry County Sheriff’s Office said.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2024
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff Sitting on 200 acres of land north of downtown Flagstaff, the Museum of Northern Arizona includes gardens, trails, a library and numerous historic buildings.
—The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024
The collision was first reported around 6:15 a.m. and three lanes north of Southwest Eighth Street remained closed as of 8:22 a.m.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
About four miles north of Ontario International Airport, the Rancho Cucamonga station will sit on a five-acre property at the northwest corner of Milliken Avenue and Azusa Court in San Bernardo County.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
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“North of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/north%20of. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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