square yard
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Recent surveys in the area tallied 35 grasshoppers per square yard, or more than quadruple the eight per yard considered an outbreak and a threat to rangeland ecosystems, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2023
But, when they get to be really thick, like an outbreak where you have 50 or 100 grasshoppers per square yard and they’ve eaten everything down to the dirt, they’re obnoxious.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2021
Downstairs, a sunporch with orchids and potted shrubs faced a little square yard planted with orange and tangerine trees.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 11, 2019
"The day I went there, they had an entire football field of artificial grass for $1 per square yard."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2014
My fingers bled from scraping out the rocks and it seemed that a square yard of ground produced a wheelbarrow full of rocks which I had to push down to the retaining wall.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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