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northern

[nawr-thern] / ˈnɔr ðərn /
ADJECTIVE
northerly
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ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the north
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Particularly fierce solar storms can knock out satellites and threaten astronauts -- and create dazzling auroras in the skies known as the northern or southern lights.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Evacuation warnings stretched west into northern Thousand Oaks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

A plant believed to have vanished decades ago has been rediscovered in remote northern Australia, thanks to a chance observation uploaded to the citizen science platform iNaturalist.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

"You don't see working-class or northern voices represented well in the national media and that creates a deficit," she said.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

But she told them about the secret northern pass through the mountains, and the detour Hecate described that could take them to Epirus.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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