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

Kentucky’s fourth district covers a chunk of the triangle between Cincinnati, Louisville, and Lexington in the northwest corner of the state and then stretches east through several rural counties close to the West Virginia border. —Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2026

The 62-acre Hillview parcel is located near the corner of County Road I and Fairview Avenue in the northwest corner of the Arden Hills city limit. —Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026

And on the northwest side of the island, in Penang National Park, Monkey Beach is great for picnicking and kayaking. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

The plan would allow the charter NFL franchise to make special payments to taxing bodies in the northwest suburbs — known as Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT — rather than paying regular property taxes. —Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the northwest

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