the northwest

noun

variants or the Northwest

: the northwestern part of a country or region

A mountain range is in the northwest of the country.

Examples of the northwest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The intersection of Randol Mill Road and North Collins Street in Arlington is the corner of the northwest side of AT&T Stadium; on game days, it is often swamped with pedestrians, and traffic, as fans navigate entry to the venue. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2026

Located in the northwest corner of the state, the 7,500-acre reservoir was built in 1973. —Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026

First, a more traditional cold front, with winds from the northwest, will move into the area, and then winds will switch to become northeasterly. —Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 19 May 2026

The victor, former prosecutor Clay Fuller, fits the latter mold and is the odds-on favorite to win a full term in the northwest Georgia seat. —Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 18 May 2026

Rhymes for the northwest

• acquiesced
• coalesced
• dispossessed
• manifest
• overdressed
• overstressed
• prepossessed
• reassessed
• reinvest
• repossessed
• unaddressed
• uncompressed