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'northbound' is a correct and usable word in written English
It is typically used to describe something that is heading or moving towards the north direction. Example: The northbound train arrived at the station 10 minutes late due to the heavy snowfall in the area. In this sentence, 'northbound' is used to describe the direction of the train's travel, indicating that it was traveling in a northward direction.
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northbound
adjective
Heading or moving in a northerly direction.
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A "cycling census" in London found that in the morning rush-hours nearly half of all northbound traffic crossing three of the city's main bridges was made up of cyclists.
In 1996, the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive were moved to the west of Soldier Field and the Field Museum.
Until recently, the favoured northbound route for cocaine from South America principally via Venezuela, after Colombia's interdiction efforts in the 1990s was by small aircraft to Honduras.
The stretch is not long ten miles northbound and four miles southbound but it is strategic.
Any northbound exports will be linked to investments in infrastructure and will take time to build.
A website in San Diego gives the current speed of northbound traffic at eight locations on Highway 805.
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Shelters echo to stories of rampant gang violence and poverty back home that make the risks of the northbound journey tolerable.
Towns and businesses north of Denver are angry that a northbound rail line is scheduled to be one of the last completed, arguing that it may never be built even though their residents pay an equal share of the sales tax.Like many western cities, Denver is in desperate need of more public transport.
Only since 1991 has it been possible to take a Shinkansen express train to northern Japan from Tokyo station, as Ueno was the traditional terminus for northbound travel.
Southbound convoys moor at Port Said, Al-Ballāḥ, Lake Timsah, and Al-Kabrīt, where there are bypasses that allow northbound convoys to proceed without stopping.
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