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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Jonathan Moody runs a rural school district in and around Skowhegan, Maine, about 90 miles north of Portland.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 19 May 2025
Metro North, which is the commuter line serving the suburbs north of New York, was on strike for 42 days, and the Long Island Rail Road stopped for 11 days.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
If all of that weren’t enough to put the heat on Apple, there’s also Trump’s tariffs to deal with and a Google antitrust trial that could see Google barred from striking an exclusivity deal for its search engine that currently pays Apple north of $20 billion a year.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The legislation contains the extension of the president’s 2017 tax cuts, coupled with cuts to food and entitlement programs that House GOP lawmakers estimate will save north of $1.5 billion over the next 10 years.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 16 May 2025
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Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 19 May 2025
Metro North, which is the commuter line serving the suburbs north of New York, was on strike for 42 days, and the Long Island Rail Road stopped for 11 days.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
If all of that weren’t enough to put the heat on Apple, there’s also Trump’s tariffs to deal with and a Google antitrust trial that could see Google barred from striking an exclusivity deal for its search engine that currently pays Apple north of $20 billion a year.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The legislation contains the extension of the president’s 2017 tax cuts, coupled with cuts to food and entitlement programs that House GOP lawmakers estimate will save north of $1.5 billion over the next 10 years.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 16 May 2025
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“North of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/north%20of. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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