the Pacific Northwest

noun

: the northwestern part of the U.S. near the Pacific coast

Examples of the Pacific Northwest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Data centers use enormous amounts of energy, and Quincy has some of the lowest power rates in the country generated by two public hydroelectrical plants on the Columbia River, the largest river in the Pacific Northwest. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

And among those areas that could face a lengthening drought is the Pacific Northwest because of the way the jet stream moves during El Nino. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Last winter, the Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountains and large parts of California experienced a snow drought. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Several large wildfires also broke out in the Pacific Northwest last month, continuing into August. — Denise Chow, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the Pacific Northwest

• abreast
• accessed
• addressed
• appressed
• armrest
• arrest
• assessed
• attest
• backrest
• behest
• bequest
• caressed