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north

[nawrth] / nɔrθ /
ADJECTIVE
toward the top pole of the earth
Synonyms
STRONGEST
northward
STRONG
arctic cold hyperborean northerly northern tundra
WEAK
boreal frozen northbound northmost polar septentrional toward North Pole
ADVERB
toward the top pole of the earth
Synonyms
STRONGEST
northward
STRONG
arctic cold hyperborean northerly northern tundra
WEAK
boreal frozen northbound northmost polar septentrional toward North Pole

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Employees at Writer use their own internal AI platform, where 10 billion tokens is just north of $50,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

An hour north of midtown Manhattan, the home is in Westchester County close to the border with Connecticut.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Amazon, obviously, does more than space and is popular on Wall Street with a Buy-rating ratio north of 90%.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Mark Carney, who was born in the Northwest Territories and is the first Canadian prime minister from the north, has unveiled a multi-billion dollar defence plan that includes upgrades to existing northern military sites.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Next morning, they’d climbed the flank of the ice river and started north.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver