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

About 42% of the university’s student population comes from the Chicago area, with strong representation in the northwest suburbs. — Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026

Court records also show police found a Ford F250 pickup that was parked in the driveway of the northwest Miami-Dade home and that detectives found out it was reported stolen out of Indian River County in 2022. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

Fueled by strong winds, the growing Hawk fire spread from the Sierra foothills threatening the northwest flank of Reno on Sunday morning, forcing thousands of evacuations. — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

This new museum founded by filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, is located on 11 acres in the northwest corner of Los Angeles Exposition Park. — Marla Jo Fisher, Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the northwest

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