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

Apart from the conflict in the northwest and north-central regions of the West African country, an insurgency in the northeast has killed thousands of people and displaced millions of others, according to the United Nations. — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026

Another new attraction that would satisfy a demand from residents is a skate park, which would be placed on the northwest corner where there are now sand volleyball courts. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Any tourists driving the remote coasts of Wester Ross in the northwest Scottish Highlands would be forgiven for overlooking Gruinard Island. — Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026

Wells disappeared on Horn Island in Mississippi after celebrating July 4 with his friends, and was found dead on the northwest end of the island on July 6. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the northwest

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