back yard
Britishnoun
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a yard at the back of a house, etc
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close at hand
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involving or implicating one See NIMBY
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Example Sentences
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She found that locals, especially immigrants who came here in the 1980s, look on the place as a back yard .
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Then the ufo landed in my back yard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
“One memory is just jumping in the back yard after school and Mondo would coach me,” says Johanna.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
Gaga's back yard in Malibu had previously played host to the wedding of her close friend, Sonja Durham, shortly before she died of cancer in 2017.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
Just to look at the gravel in the back yard where the trees were, where the carhouse was, and wonder if it was all a dream.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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