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

Pakistani authorities say more than 2,800 militant attacks since January have killed 3,000 people across Pakistan, mainly in the northwest and Balochistan province. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

The junction was just outside the village of Culcheth in the northwest of England, where the UK’s latest prime minister, Andy Burnham, grew up. — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 23 Oct. 2026

One was the northwest corner of Roswell and Johnson Ferry roads. — Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Owens actually entered the KU huddle and visited with assistant coach Kurtis Townsend and KU coach Bill Self as Owens exited through the northwest tunnel back to his seat. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the northwest

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