east-northeast
noun
east-north·east
ˈēst-nȯrth-ˈēst 
: a compass point that is two points north of due east : N67°30′E
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The depression was centered roughly 100 miles east-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico and 210 miles southeast of Tuxpan.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 June 2025
National Hurricane Center What To Know Andrea, shown on the NHC map, is moving east-northeast at about 17 mph with sustained maximum winds of 40 miles per hour, according to the alert.
—Anna Skinner
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Look east-northeast from around 3:30 a.m. local time for a slim waning crescent moon rising less than half a degree from the Pleiades open cluster of stars (also known as M45 and the Seven Sisters), with Venus shining brightly close by.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Many expired while others were issued as the low pressure front moved east-northeast, according to the National Weather Service.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2025
The quake struck at 9.26 p.m. on Wednesday, at a depth of about 2.3 miles beneath its epicenter on the surface, which lay roughly 12 miles east-northeast of Falls City.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
It was detected about 12 miles east-northeast from the town of Falls City, which is roughly a 45-mile drive southeast from San Antonio.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2025
Winds will blow east-northeast at 10-15 mph before increasing to 15-20 mph, according to NWS Melbourne.
—Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Hurricane tracker The National Hurricane Center is also tracking a tropical disturbance in the southwestern Atlantic, where a trough of low pressure is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms several hundred miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Nov. 2024
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 June 2025
National Hurricane Center What To Know Andrea, shown on the NHC map, is moving east-northeast at about 17 mph with sustained maximum winds of 40 miles per hour, according to the alert.
—Anna Skinner
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Look east-northeast from around 3:30 a.m. local time for a slim waning crescent moon rising less than half a degree from the Pleiades open cluster of stars (also known as M45 and the Seven Sisters), with Venus shining brightly close by.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Many expired while others were issued as the low pressure front moved east-northeast, according to the National Weather Service.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2025
The quake struck at 9.26 p.m. on Wednesday, at a depth of about 2.3 miles beneath its epicenter on the surface, which lay roughly 12 miles east-northeast of Falls City.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
It was detected about 12 miles east-northeast from the town of Falls City, which is roughly a 45-mile drive southeast from San Antonio.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2025
Winds will blow east-northeast at 10-15 mph before increasing to 15-20 mph, according to NWS Melbourne.
—Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Hurricane tracker The National Hurricane Center is also tracking a tropical disturbance in the southwestern Atlantic, where a trough of low pressure is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms several hundred miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Nov. 2024
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