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northern

[nawr-thern] / ˈnɔr ðərn /
ADJECTIVE
northerly
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ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the north
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"During a recreational dive in the summer during the undergraduate study of HY Chan in 2019, he accidentally discovered Thecacera sesama sp. nov. in northern Taiwan waters," the researchers said.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Logan Lee, a Kentucky resident, has worked several stints in northern Wisconsin, where the pay is high but the temperatures are low.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

A so-called "heat dome" of warm air from northern Africa trapped under a high-pressure system over western Europe is behind the sort of heat not usually seen until high summer.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Willie Gillespie is from Libertyville, Ill., a northern suburb of Chicago.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

The morning quiet was broken by the great ringing of bells from every church and steeple in Nuremberg, a medieval German city on the northern edge of the Bavarian Alps.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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