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

In April, the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied Colorado’s appeal for a similar declaration for the Lee and Elk fires, which burned last summer in the northwest corner of the state, and for flooding on the Western Slope. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2026

In response to those run-ins, some lawmakers have proposed establishing a regulated bear hunting season in parts of Connecticut, particularly the northwest corner. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026

Glacier National Park is in the northwest corner of Montana, near Kalispel. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2026

Whitham did not say where the deaths occurred, but authorities in the northwest Indiana community of Portage said a woman was killed in a house explosion officials suspect was linked to the severe storms. — Michelle Simmons, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the northwest

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