Meaning of north of | Babel Free

Definitions

More, higher or greater than.

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Examples

“We have⟳ a programme where north of half a billion pounds has been wasted, and has already gone through three programme directors before yourself, and five senior responsible owners.”

“The holo display leapt up, shaping itself this time into the form⟳ of an asari seated at a desk. A little on the stocky side, deeper blue skin than most, average ageless beauty, although Cora knew she was somewhere north of six hundred years old.”

“Population 39,693 (just north of 115,000 today), Cheltenham has been overtaken by Gloucester in terms of headcount.”

““[…] Nigel used the word ‘invasion’ for a long time and got a huge amount of stick⟳ but…north of 160,000 men arriving on our beaches, the majority of them fighting-age men, I don't know⟳ what else you call⟳ that,” he says, referring to the total number⟳ of men, women and children who have⟳ arrived by small boat in the past seven years.”

“In an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, he insisted that he has “the best poll numbers I’ve ever had,” claiming that his approval was north of 70 percent.”

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