northeaster
Britishnoun
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At the 5 percent significance level, there is enough evidence to conclude that the mean amount of summer rain in the northeaster US is less than 11.52 inches, on average.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020
Clark’s Point is on the northeaster shore of Nushagak Bay.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2018
Early the next morning, the ship was caught in a northeaster, driven toward shore, and dashed upon the rocks just outside Cohasset Harbor.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 19, 2015
The authority restored power six days later, but then the northeaster last week knocked it out again.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2012
They begin to groan so you can hear 'em a mile away the minute the sun is clouded over; and by the second day of a good northeaster they are done for.
From Walter and the Wireless by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
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