north of
idiomatic phrase
of a number or value
: greater than
Auburn coach Bruce Pearl earned north of $3.9 million this season …—
Tom Green
Tom GreenFighting as he is now to keep his approval rating north of 40%, November 2009 probably looks to Obama like the good old days.—Elias Isquith
Elias IsquithCognacs of similar quality typically go north of $100.—Jack Bettridge
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New York’s magical 2023-24 season ended in Sunrise, about an hour north of Miami, with a Game 6 loss in the 2024 conference final.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 30 July 2025
The area reached as far as 15 miles inland at its deepest point at Cape Mendocino, which is located about 200 miles north of San Francisco.
—Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
At the Gault Site, north of Austin, archaeologists led by Michael Collins unearthed not only an enormous quantity of Clovis-era artifacts, but also pre-Clovis evidence that pushes the dating of Paleo-Indian arrival in Central Texas back to perhaps 20,000 years ago.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Park Central Mall in Phoenix Park Central was Phoenix’s first large-scale shopping center and opened in 1957 near Central Avenue north of Thomas Road.
—Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 29 July 2025
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Peter Baugh, New York Times, 30 July 2025
The area reached as far as 15 miles inland at its deepest point at Cape Mendocino, which is located about 200 miles north of San Francisco.
—Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
At the Gault Site, north of Austin, archaeologists led by Michael Collins unearthed not only an enormous quantity of Clovis-era artifacts, but also pre-Clovis evidence that pushes the dating of Paleo-Indian arrival in Central Texas back to perhaps 20,000 years ago.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Park Central Mall in Phoenix Park Central was Phoenix’s first large-scale shopping center and opened in 1957 near Central Avenue north of Thomas Road.
—Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 29 July 2025
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“North of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/north%20of. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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