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 issue goes back almost two decades, to 2008, when a Walmart and several other stores were constructed on the northwest corner of Kirk and Butterfield roads. — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

On March 12, high-risk security adviser Shane Thomson set out with Fox's Trey Yingst toward that same area but stopped short of it at a checkpoint in the northwest suburbs. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

It was considered a swing seat when Whitesides ousted the Republican incumbent last election cycle, but it has since been redistricted under Proposition 50 to include more Democratic areas in the northwest San Fernando Valley. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Folsom’s 1st District encompasses the northwest corner of the city. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the northwest

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