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 Miami-Dade Aviation Department said in a statement that the plane overran the diagonal runway and is disabled at the northwest end of the airport. — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026

Tropical Storm conditions are expected along the northwest Gulf Coast with hurricane conditions possible from High Island to Cameron. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

The system is moving to the northwest at 7 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. — Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2026

It will be located at the northwest corner of McKinley Street and First Avenue in downtown Phoenix. — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the northwest

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