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northern

[nawr-thern] / ˈnɔr ðərn /
ADJECTIVE
northerly
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ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the north
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France, southern Germany and northern and central Italy are among the regions significantly impacted.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Carrying three empty plastic buckets, she walked a few hundred metres to the nearest handpump in her village in Jalaun district, in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region of northern India.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Still, the tariffs on about $20 billion of imports affect only a fraction—about 5%—of what the U.S. purchases from its northern neighbor.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Every day hundreds of people come from northern and eastern DR Congo on wooden boats aiming to reach Kinshasa.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

Fog drifting in from the northern Pacific Ocean blankets its rice paddies, apple orchards, and cattle farms.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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