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northern

[nawr-thern] / ˈnɔr ðərn /
ADJECTIVE
northerly
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ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the north
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In the 2000s, as I completed my doctoral research in northern Russia, an older friend tried to teach me a lesson about dressing warmly.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

I was 11, attending an Islamic school in northern New Jersey.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Images collected by New Horizons in 2015 and 2016 showed that its northern region contains city-sized geologic convection cells separated by thin dark lines and broader, more diffuse dark patches.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

From next year, people who attempt to climb Mount Fuji during off-peak seasons and then require rescue by helicopter will have to pay for the service, authorities governing the northern part of the peak say.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Charles was born ten years after James Garfield in the northern Illinois town of Freeport on September 8, 1841.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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