northern

Example Sentences

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The 45th Congressional District is located mostly in northern Orange County and includes cities such as Fullerton and Buena Park as well as Cypress, Westminster, Garden Grove and Fountain Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

While humans cause most fires in the tropics, climate change is intensifying natural fire cycles in northern and temperate regions, the researchers said.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

It reopened in 2019, when it began shipping grain again as well as key supplies to other parts of northern Canada.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The Greeks first mentioned the “Keltoi” in the sixth century B.C.; later Greek and Roman writers labeled their brave northern adversaries barbarians, Gauls or Galatians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

“No. No, it’s real. That’s where they came from. The Dvukh. Lukomorye is an island in the northern ocean, shrouded in mists and ice, and finding it is nigh impossible.”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack