Definition of northwestern
1 often capitalized : of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated Northwest
2 : lying toward or coming from the northwest
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Examples of northwestern in a Sentence
the northwestern corner of the state
Recent Examples of northwestern from the Web
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Nine communities, including the northwestern Lake County residents comprising the Lakes Region Sanitary District, pay into the fund.
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Chapter 91 includes members from the northwestern suburbs surrounding Cleveland.
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Violence erupted at demonstrations against power cuts in several towns in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, leading to clashes with police that killed a protester and wounded several, officials said.
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Good luck materialized because an area of showers and thunderstorms that had moved over the far northwestern suburbs just faded out, leaving Chicago clear and sunny, according to Castro, at the National Weather Service.
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Smoke from wildfires in northwestern Broward County cast Sunday morning skies with a high haze, according to forecasters at the National Weather Service.
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Most of the area in the city’s northwestern corner is now served by Fire Station 73 at 6805 Hedge Lane Terrace.
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Shawanda Hough moved out of her unit in the Carriage Hill complex in the northwestern Baltimore suburb of Randallstown in early 2012 after black mold worsened her son’s asthma, landing him in the hospital twice.
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As the stubby 737-600 flew 20,000 feet above the northwestern tip of Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula, pilot George Adams counted down the final seconds until the date rolled over to 1 January 2000.
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NORTHWESTERN Defined for English Language Learners
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: in, toward, or from the northwest
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: of or relating to the northwest
NORTHWESTERN Defined for Kids
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1 often cap : of, relating to, or like that of the Northwest northwestern wildflowers
2 : lying toward or coming from the northwest the northwestern part of the state
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