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

The Associated Press LONDON -- Seven people, including two police officers, died early Saturday in a head-on collision in the northeast of England following a pursuit. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

Both trains travel from the northeast to the southeast, linking major cities and passing historic towns and scenic landscapes along the way. — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2026

There is also persistent friction between Arab and Kurdish communities in the northeast of the country, and the government has had to respond to pockets of violence against the religious Alawite minority along Syria’s coast. — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

According to a University of Hawaii atmospheric scientist’s research of newspaper accounts, a Category 3 hurricane hit the northeast corner of the island in 1871. — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the northeast

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