northeaster

noun

Definition of northeasternext
as in gale

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Recent Examples of northeaster The ocean keeps coming because of climate change, sea level rise, nor'easters, hurricanes, et cetera. — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023 That morning, around 6, authorities found O'Keefe on the ground outside the Canton home just before a nor'easter struck the town with 21 inches of snow. — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 26 May 2023 Last month, much of upstate New York and New Hampshire received heavy snow, with more than 2 feet of snow falling in several regions along the East Coast because of a nor'easter in March. — Teddy Grant, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2023 The storm could bring the highest snowfall totals of the season to Boston as well as other parts of coastal Massachusetts, potentially causing power outages in the area come Tuesday when the nor'easter is at its peak, CBS Boston reported. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2023 Snowfall is expected in Connecticut during the approaching nor'easter. — Lauren Booker, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for northeaster
  1. gale
  2. blow
  3. wind
  4. westerly
Noun
  • The United States is also facing gale-force productivity headwinds, such as the aging of the population and the relentlessly rising cost of health care, education, and housing.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
  • His football outing on ITV was perfectly good value, even if there was the near-instant karma of an off-camera Brooklyn gale threatening to blow the set down.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 21 June 2026
Definition of gale
Noun
  • Iran has been degraded by over 13,000 strikes, but has survived and reconstituted, rather than suffering a mortal blow.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • The woman, 41-year-old Ja’Marlette Hardy, bit one of the officers during the July 1 encounter, which led to the officer delivering a blow to her head.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
Definition of blow
Noun
  • Deadly lightning strikes can occur well ahead of an approaching storm, prior to the arrival of rain and wind.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 19 July 2026
  • Northeastern Minnesota is expected to see conditions ease as southwesterly winds pick up through the day, improving air quality for most of the region by afternoon.
    — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 19 July 2026
Definition of wind
Noun
  • Wendling, the most north-westerly site of all and barely in the valley, turns the same cool end darker, toward plum, blackberry and savoury earth.
    — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • First, through a combination of weaker trade winds and westerlies over the tropical Atlantic, La Niña tends to create a more placid atmosphere.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
Definition of westerly

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