1
as in courtyard
an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)
inmates are allowed an hour of exercise in the prison's inner yard
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2
as in park
the area around and belonging to a building
we're looking for a house with a big yard
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as in ton
a considerable amount
a composer who produced yards of gorgeous music over the course of a long career
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2025
Its 129 homer park factor ranks 1st in the majors, and like Sutter Health, its homer percentage exceeds the league average across all fly ball exit speed buckets, with 78.7% of 105+ mph, 40.7% of 100-105 mph, 12.9% of 95-100 mph and 1.6% of 90-95 mph fly balls leaving the yard.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
These layers will lead the eye upward and make a yard feel properly drenched in green.
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—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 May 2025
At 27, Massey and another inmate broke out of a detention center in northern Louisiana in broad daylight by cutting and slipping under a chain-link fence in the exercise yard, Chief James Mardis of the Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Office told CNN last week.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
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Worthy had 59 catches as a rookie, and 53 of them were either within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage or behind the line.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2025
Its 129 homer park factor ranks 1st in the majors, and like Sutter Health, its homer percentage exceeds the league average across all fly ball exit speed buckets, with 78.7% of 105+ mph, 40.7% of 100-105 mph, 12.9% of 95-100 mph and 1.6% of 90-95 mph fly balls leaving the yard.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
These layers will lead the eye upward and make a yard feel properly drenched in green.
5.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 May 2025
At 27, Massey and another inmate broke out of a detention center in northern Louisiana in broad daylight by cutting and slipping under a chain-link fence in the exercise yard, Chief James Mardis of the Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Office told CNN last week.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
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“Yard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yard. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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