square yard
Americannoun
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If ODA finds more than three Mormon crickets or eight grasshoppers per square yard it will recommend chemical treatment.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2022
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
A square yard of it was indicated with Magic Marker.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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