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northern

[nawr-thern] / ˈnɔr ðərn /
ADJECTIVE
northerly
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ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the north
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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

The government has promised to compensate for the swathes of trees cut down by planting seedlings in Haryana -- a northern state next to New Delhi.

From Barron's • 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

There were seagulls and puffins and cormorants and vultures and skuas and terns and sandpipers and eagles and every other type of northern bird, all flying together.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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