backyard
noun
the portion of a lot or building site behind a house, structure, or the like, sometimes fenced, walled, etc.
backyards
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pluralof backyard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Base Power is building and installing batteries in residential backyards and aims to “become one of the country’s largest developers of battery storage,” the Journal writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Base Power is racing to build and install tens of thousands of batteries in residential backyards and become one of the country’s largest developers of battery storage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
It was also seen swimming in a river, and climbing over fences across backyards.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Authorities had repeatedly searched the backyards of homes owned individually by the parents of Paul Flores.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
I could get on one of those horses, if I knew how to ride a horse, and gallop from meadow to meadow, through backyards and highways, all the way out to the sea.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
