the northeast

noun

variants or the Northeast

: the northeastern part of a country or region

A mountain range is in the northeast of the country.

Examples of the northeast in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Realizing that there was potentially a shooter on the run, Bagley reviewed surveillance footage and searched for more evidence, later finding a shoe print near the northeast side of the building. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Situated off the southern shores of both Ukraine and Russia, the Sea of Azov is a shallow inland sea that sits to the northeast of the Crimean Peninsula. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 July 2026

Monks noticed the late leader’s head tilted toward the northeast, while an unusual fungus sprouted on the same side of his shrine. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

According to the Alamo, the two projectiles were found in adjacent excavation units outside the northeast corner of the Alamo Church and at nearly the same depth. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Rhymes for the northeast

• predeceased
• unreleased
• beast
• ceased
• creased
• east
• feast
• fleeced
• geest
• greased
• leased
• least