Nebraska (approved especially for use with zip code).
northeast.
northeastern.
Biology, Ecology. not evaluated.
northeast.
northeastern.
See née.
First recorded in 1935–40; from French né, literally “born,” past participle of naître “to be born,” ultimately derived from Latin nātus; see origin at nascent ( def. )
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And even though X, né Twitter, has decayed under the leadership of SpaceX founder Elon Musk, it’s is still the closest thing our fractious online society has to a town square.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
Meta, né Facebook, is out to create its own metaverse.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2022
The eminent jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders teamed up with the electronic musician and composer Floating Points, né Sam Shepherd, to record “Promises,” which both expanded and cooled down each musician’s natural aesthetics.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
The Pistols’ frontman, Johnny Rotten, né John Lydon, was and is an Arsenal fan.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2017
Marmaduke Beltravers, né Heinrich Hoggenheimer, the game is up.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917 by Various
She went on to lead the revolt against the then-dictator, General Ne Win.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
“Wukong and Ne Zha are global hits,” he said in his New Year’s address.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
Massive student-led pro-democracy protests that began on August 8, 1988 forced Ne Win to step down.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
Demonstrations forced Ne Win's resignation, but Myanmar's military chain of command continued to Min Aung Hlaing, also rumoured to be motivated by superstition.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
Toi, pour qui toute la Nature Dost thou, to whom all Nature seems Ne paroit qu’une Enigme obscure, But an impenetrable Riddle, Tu sondes les Divins Decrets?
Omaha, NE — Dan Osborn, a mechanic by trade, has been rebuilding a 1988 Pontiac Firebird in his garage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025
Dozens of kids walked to Parkrose high and middle schools each day along NE 122nd Avenue and Sandy Boulevard.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2024
Reina Cartagena, who owns Adelita's Cafe on NE 2nd Ave, one of Little Haiti's main roads, says her rent has doubled in less than a year.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2023
In the new study, he identified ACTIVIN-A, a protein that belongs to a family of growth factors, as important in regulating neurogenesis in human NE neurons.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2023
NE and was glad someone had let us in on that secret.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
They have all the basic needs and urgings of other kids, but lack the perception and skills of others because they've been ne- glected.
From Time Magazine Archive
I haue cho- sen out in these Oracions soche questions, as are right ne- cessarie to be knowen and redde of all those, whose cogitaciō pondereth vertue and Godlines.
From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Rainolde, Richard
These thynges maie be suffi- ciente, to shewe what excellencie is in mariage and how ne- cessarie it is, to the procreacion and preseruaciō of mankind.
From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Rainolde, Richard
I have heard much of the ne- "farious & dangerous plan, & doctrines "of the Illuminati, but never saw the "Book until you were pleased to send "it to me.
From Washington's Masonic Correspondence As Found among the Washington Papers in the Library of Congress by Washington, George
"The first one," said Fred interested now in what Grant was saying, "was '½ m. n.e.'"
From The Go Ahead Boys and Simon's Mine by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
Neptune Theatre, 1303 N.E. 45th St.; 8 p.m.; tickets start at $35; all ages.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
The company soon will occupy a new 17-story, 300,000-square-foot tower at 85 106th Ave N.E., spokesperson Zach Goldsztejn said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
Dec. 9 at 3 and 7:30 p.m. at Chapel at Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Drive N.E.,
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
The event, set for 6:30 p.m. at IslandWood, 4450 Blakely Ave. N.E.,
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
Having kept our wind under easy sail during the night, we bore up, and, at daylight, ran along the east side of the rocky cluster, the wind being from the N.E.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert
Influencers and brands are attempting to cash in by bottling and selling Carolyn’s unreplicable je ne sais quoi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
But skating to a version of "Non, je ne regrette rien" Sakamoto lost points for not doing her planned triple combination jump.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
Her final performance here was to Non, je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf, and Sakamoto must have no regrets about a performance in which all 12 elements were given positive grades of execution.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Still celebratory, still springy, still very much a carrot cake — but one with a bit more je ne se quoi.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025
They all liked my attitude, and it was out of their liking for ne that I soon became accepted by them—as a mascot, I know low.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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