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northeastern

American  
[nawrth-eest-ern] / ˌnɔrθˈist ərn /

adjective

  1. situated in, coming from, or proceeding toward the northeast.

  2. Northeastern, of or relating to a region traditionally known as the Northeast in a country, continent, etc.


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An international team led by Curtin University found fossilized red blood cells and chemical evidence of blood molecules in the remains of Aratasaurus museunacionali, a meat-eating theropod dinosaur discovered in northeastern Brazil.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

South Korea's Yonhap news agency also reported, citing an unidentified government source, that Kim had arrived in the northeastern Chinese city "earlier in the day".

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

That makes it unsurprising that Ms. Collins, a centrist pro-choice Republican who grew up in the rural northeastern part of the state, has won five terms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The plane - carrying around 150 people, most of whom are Israeli - was due to land at Ben-Gurion Airport but instead landed at Tabuk Airport in northeastern Saudi Arabia.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

We were probably sending out so much demigod aura that every monster in the northeastern United States knew we were here.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

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