I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the southeast/northwest etc corner of sth
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I was staying in the southwest corner of the island.
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I watched as a rainstorm moved down the Platte River valley from the northwest .
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In the cool northwest , shifting demographics have nudged Washington state's 11 votes into the undecided column as well.
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Running from Hopo in the northwest to an interchange with Line 1 at Somyon, it has 21 stations.
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The deceased were laid on their backs or sides in the flexed position, oriented to the northwest .
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The refinery distributes 1.8m tons of fuel a day to keep the northwest on the move.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
corner
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Begin at the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street, site of the earliest film studios.
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On the northwest corner of South and Catherine streets, a small mob had formed again.
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Water came in overland through large below-surface loading dock doors on the northwest corner of the building.
side
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Much of this money is slated to go to the northwest side of town to support new and anticipated development.
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Why such a strong desire for self-determination on the far northwest side ?
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Begin at the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street, site of the earliest film studios.
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But it hardly hides at night, when it appears in the northwest sky.
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It was up in our district in the northwest area somewhere.
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Much of this money is slated to go to the northwest side of town to support new and anticipated development.
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Seger lives outside Detroit in the northwest suburbs in an area known as the Little Lake district.