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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The attack comes just days after thirty-six students were kidnapped in the northeast of the country. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 Later in the fall, many of these same lines navigate from the northeast to Florida, with a stop or two along the way, whether in Bermuda or the Bahamas. — Jane Wooldridge, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026 Living on the northeast coast of Taiwan, some 100 miles (177 km) north of Hualien, the amount of noticeable tremors drops to around 50 a year. — New Atlas, 28 June 2026 The Petrified Forest National Park, home of the Painted Desert, is 20 minutes to the northeast. — Priyanka Mattoo, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for the northeast

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