the northeast

noun

variants or the Northeast
: the northeastern part of a country or region
A mountain range is in the northeast of the country.

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On the northeast of the fire, by Sugar Pine Mountain, crews worked in steep, inaccessible terrain to bring containment lines into the natural rock bluff, trying to cut the fire off south of the Wishon Reservoir for the protection of the critical hydroelectric infrastructure. Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025 Anyone seeking to enter the courthouse Friday morning was being directed to a single entrance through the fence on the northeast corner of Dearborn and Monroe streets. Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 The new location for the visitors’ locker room, starting in 2026, will be in the northeast corner of the stadium. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025 Wingate Park, West Bend Wingate Park completed the construction of its new playground on Wellington Drive on the northeast side of West Bend. Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the northeast

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“The northeast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20northeast. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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