east-northeast
noun
east-north·east
ˈēst-nȯrth-ˈēst 
: a compass point that is two points north of due east : N67°30′E
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Wake early this morning — about 45 minutes before sunrise — and look east-northeast for one of the loveliest sky scenes of the month.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
The storm is currently a tropical depression located about 70 miles east-northeast of Danville, Virginia with maximum sustained winds near 30 mph with higher gusts, the hurricane center said Monday morning.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 7 July 2025
The local National Weather Service office is predicting storms moving east-northeast at 20 mph.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, The Courier-Journal, 7 July 2025
The depression was centered roughly 100 miles east-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico and 210 miles southeast of Tuxpan.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 June 2025
National Hurricane Center What To Know Andrea, shown on the NHC map, is moving east-northeast at about 17 mph with sustained maximum winds of 40 miles per hour, according to the alert.
—Anna Skinner
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Look east-northeast from around 3:30 a.m. local time for a slim waning crescent moon rising less than half a degree from the Pleiades open cluster of stars (also known as M45 and the Seven Sisters), with Venus shining brightly close by.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Many expired while others were issued as the low pressure front moved east-northeast, according to the National Weather Service.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2025
The quake struck at 9.26 p.m. on Wednesday, at a depth of about 2.3 miles beneath its epicenter on the surface, which lay roughly 12 miles east-northeast of Falls City.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
The storm is currently a tropical depression located about 70 miles east-northeast of Danville, Virginia with maximum sustained winds near 30 mph with higher gusts, the hurricane center said Monday morning.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 7 July 2025
The local National Weather Service office is predicting storms moving east-northeast at 20 mph.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, The Courier-Journal, 7 July 2025
The depression was centered roughly 100 miles east-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico and 210 miles southeast of Tuxpan.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 June 2025
National Hurricane Center What To Know Andrea, shown on the NHC map, is moving east-northeast at about 17 mph with sustained maximum winds of 40 miles per hour, according to the alert.
—Anna Skinner
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Look east-northeast from around 3:30 a.m. local time for a slim waning crescent moon rising less than half a degree from the Pleiades open cluster of stars (also known as M45 and the Seven Sisters), with Venus shining brightly close by.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Many expired while others were issued as the low pressure front moved east-northeast, according to the National Weather Service.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2025
The quake struck at 9.26 p.m. on Wednesday, at a depth of about 2.3 miles beneath its epicenter on the surface, which lay roughly 12 miles east-northeast of Falls City.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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