as in vicinity
an adjoining region or space
shocked to learn that the wind farm would be right in our own backyard
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as in amateur
being such only for recreation
an orchid that is a favorite with backyard horticulturists
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Recent Examples of backyard
Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2025
Alisa, who met her now husband during a study abroad trip to Caen in 2012, now has three backyard chickens at the family's Salt Lake City home and often makes desserts containing their eggs.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Daniel Wine, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Some Americans are increasingly exploring backyard chicken farming as an option, seeking to gain greater control over their food supply.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The pool, hot tub, and firepit are all great daytime or post-sunset hangs, but the waterfall in the corner of the backyard offers a soundtrack that’ll send you far from the worries of daily life.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2025
Alisa, who met her now husband during a study abroad trip to Caen in 2012, now has three backyard chickens at the family's Salt Lake City home and often makes desserts containing their eggs.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the person was exposed to sick and dead birds in backyard flocks.
—Daniel Wine, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Some Americans are increasingly exploring backyard chicken farming as an option, seeking to gain greater control over their food supply.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ship-tracking data analyzed by the Associated Press put one of the vessels believed to be carrying the chemical in the vicinity in March, as Ambrey said.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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But then the team started finding more of these caterpillars, all covered in the body parts of other insects and shed spider skins, and all in the vicinity of spider webs.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Backyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backyard. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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