northwest
noun
a point on the compass midway between north and west. NW
northwesternmost
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a word derived from
northwest.
Example Sentences
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The school, located in Nigeria’s northwesternmost state of Sokoto, was immediately closed down following the attack.
From Reuters ● May 12, 2022
Everyone’s favorite European traveler, Rick Steves, snuck in another visit to the northwesternmost corner of the state of Washington with us this March.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2022
SUPERIOR, Wis. — The ingredients needed to build the world’s tallest ice sculpture — bountiful water and extremely cold weather — exist in abundance in this small city hard on the state’s northwesternmost tip.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2015
Last week the northwesternmost outpost of Europe moved a little closer to the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
The commissioners were then to designate the course of the line along the highlands and to fix on the northwesternmost head of the Connecticut River.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
