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NW

American  
Or N.W.,
  1. net worth.

  2. northwest.

  3. northwestern.


NW British  

symbol

  1. northwest(ern)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Outside, Metropolitan police ushered people north on Columbia Road NW.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

DeRemer is an anesthesiologist and co-founder of a company called Anesthesia Associates NW in Portland, Ore., which provides staffing and operations assistance to hospitals, surgery centers and clinics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The most enticing for me were the offerings at the NW Wine Bar across from Section 109.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

Both the NW and SE Areas showed greater gains than expected given levels of social and economic disadvantage.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2024

Since I have been writing now, the wind suddenly sprung up at NW and blew with violence so that we may get to meeting to-morrow, perhaps on dry ground.

From Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 by Winslow, Anna Green

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