the Pacific Northwest

noun

: the northwestern part of the U.S. near the Pacific coast

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The disruption affected approximately 400 flights at Sea-Tac, with six flights canceled and two diverted according to Flightradar24, demonstrating how quickly aviation security protocols can impact thousands of travelers across the Pacific Northwest's primary airport. Adeola Adeosun hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025 Look at the wide range of football cultures that will land in the Pacific Northwest. Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 14 June 2025 People in the Pacific Northwest have been putting it in their pipes and smoking it for at least 4,500 years. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 14 June 2025 The Biden Administration allocated up to $1 billion in funding for the planned hub, but shifting priorities have led the Department of Energy to reevaluate the awards for the Midwest hub and three others in the Pacific Northwest, California and the Mid-Atlantic, according to Reuters. Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Pacific Northwest

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“The Pacific Northwest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Pacific%20Northwest. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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