the northeast
noun
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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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Just outside Pryor, a farm-and-cattle town in the northeast corner of Oklahoma, Google is solving this problem on a massive scale.
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Cade Metz, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2025
The eclipse will end close to sunrise, traveling from close to the northeast corner of Lake Erie through Norfolk, Virginia.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 Mar. 2025
The group moved toward the northeast corner of the park to see if that location would prove more fruitful.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Alexander was a passenger in a 2016 BMW sedan that was traveling through the northeast Indianapolis suburb of Fishers, local NBC affiliate WTHR reported.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
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Cade Metz, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2025
The eclipse will end close to sunrise, traveling from close to the northeast corner of Lake Erie through Norfolk, Virginia.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 Mar. 2025
The group moved toward the northeast corner of the park to see if that location would prove more fruitful.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Alexander was a passenger in a 2016 BMW sedan that was traveling through the northeast Indianapolis suburb of Fishers, local NBC affiliate WTHR reported.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
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“The northeast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20northeast. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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