The chemist carefully distilled n-octane to obtain a pure sample for the reaction.

We used n-hexane as the solvent to extract the nonpolar compounds from the sample.

During the safety briefing, the technician warned that the vapors of n-pentane are highly flammable.

The United Nations condemned the missile tests conducted by N. Kor. last week.

The new compliance rules were drafted to apply uniformly across N. Am.

The court applied the precedent from N. Ir. when deciding the jurisdictional issue.

My cousin moved to N. Y. last summer to start a job in finance.

The judge referred to the hist. n. attached to the statute before issuing her ruling.

The editor added a rptr. n. to the citation in the bibliography to clarify the source.

When noting sources, librarians often write 'n. pub.' in the citation to indicate there was no publisher listed.