northern

Example Sentences

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The biggest standout is Celina, Texas, a boomtown on the metro area’s far northern fringes that features master-planned communities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Weichai, a state-owned group based in the Shandong region in northern China, is a major manufacturer of commercial vehicles, construction machinery and industrial engines, with 100,000 employees worldwide.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

In February 1204 CE, he described seeing "red lights in the northern sky over Kyoto."

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

China also has closed the northern route up Everest, on the Tibetan side, to foreign climbers this season, which is likely to lead to an increase in the crowd taking the southern route.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

By the time Equiano published his book, slave ships had carried more than 160,000 Africans to America’s Chesapeake colonies, 140,000 to the Carolinas and Georgia, and 30,000 to the northern colonies.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis