front yard
noun
plural front yards
: an area in front of a house
We planted some bushes in the front yard.
Soon, our front yard was a safe haven for our scampering four-year-old, our porch a rustic idyll, our lawn a green and pleasant sward fit for Bambi to gambol on. Paradise.—
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Found baby sparks murder investigation The case began after a 7-month-old infant girl was found sitting in a car seat in an unconnected person's front yard near Tigrett, a community in Dyer County, on July 29.
—James Powel, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Police are searching for a suspect believed to have killed four family members in rural Tennessee and then abandoned a 7-month-old baby girl in a front yard 25 miles away this week.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 31 July 2025
Barry Canter has seen a lot of change from his front yard.
—Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2025
No one was in the front yard, or on the upstairs gallery.
—Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
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James Powel, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Police are searching for a suspect believed to have killed four family members in rural Tennessee and then abandoned a 7-month-old baby girl in a front yard 25 miles away this week.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 31 July 2025
Barry Canter has seen a lot of change from his front yard.
—Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2025
No one was in the front yard, or on the upstairs gallery.
—Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for front yard
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“Front yard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20yard. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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