the north
noun
variants
or the North
: regions or countries north of a certain point
The birds migrate from the North.
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The Bell 407 helicopter crashed on Flagstaff's west side, a few miles from Route 66 in a less densely populated area to the north of Brewer's neighborhood.
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Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
Uniqlo Building on its seven-year partnership with Team Sweden, Uniqlo is outfitting the North European country’s athletes and staff.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 6 Feb. 2026
If Milan is modern Europe, some of the competition clusters outside the city, spread from Valtellina on the Swiss border in the north to Cortina d’Ampezzo, 27 miles south of the Austrian border, represent both the rustic and gentrifying Italy.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
London’s Metropolitan Police said Friday that its officers were carrying out search warrants at two addresses, one in the southern county of Wiltshire and one in Camden, a neighborhood in the north of the capital.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
Uniqlo Building on its seven-year partnership with Team Sweden, Uniqlo is outfitting the North European country’s athletes and staff.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 6 Feb. 2026
If Milan is modern Europe, some of the competition clusters outside the city, spread from Valtellina on the Swiss border in the north to Cortina d’Ampezzo, 27 miles south of the Austrian border, represent both the rustic and gentrifying Italy.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
London’s Metropolitan Police said Friday that its officers were carrying out search warrants at two addresses, one in the southern county of Wiltshire and one in Camden, a neighborhood in the north of the capital.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
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“The north.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20north. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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