backyard 1 of 2

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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backyard

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adjective

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Recent Examples of backyard
Noun
The North Texas couple accused of burying their special-needs son in the backyard of their Burleson home told police the 26-year-old had died a few days before at a local hospital, officials said. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025 In Frances’s backyard, a six-foot inflatable cactus shot water out of its head and arms. Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Staff Pick: The mad scramble for backyard eggs Naeema Fineley's backyard chicken coop in Georgia. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025 Fogerty’s current stage show did feel perhaps a bit oversized for the backyard BBQ settings of Stubb’s, but the intimacy of the venue helped shine a light on the rocker’s current warmth. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for backyard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backyard
Noun
  • Multiple players in his vicinity.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This quasi-moon is expected to remain in Earth's vicinity until around 2083.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Investors cheered the improbable rise of the amateur heavy metal drummer and hard-line conservative, who’s expected to increase defense spending, cut taxes, and revive Japan’s nuclear power industry.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Daniel Kinahan, a keen amateur boxer, has always been in thrall to prizefighters.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

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