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a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. Abbreviation: yd2, sq. yd.

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Which Word of the Day means “happening within or being the created world of a story”?

Jettison your lawyers as a source of prison-yard guidance, Abramoff said.
Abramoff’s Advice for Virginia’s New Jailhouse Guv|Tim Mak, Jackie Kucinich|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Some longtime local acquaintances are struggling to square the man they know with the ugly associations.
No. 3 Republican Admits Talking to White Supremacist Conference|Tim Mak|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Parker writes of the “black-faced doe” that he sees in the yard in his new Texas house.
Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This last trip it had felt as if there were more cameras around Havana than Times Square.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Just right for that person who needs a little creative push to do something daring in their yard.
The Best Gift Books of 2014|William O’Connor|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sol got up, slowly; took a backward step into the yard; filled his lungs, opened his mouth, made his eyes round.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Nowhere can be found a region capable of supporting a larger population to the square mile than Lombardy.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
They ran side by side across the yard to a roofed flight of steps that led to the printing-office.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
After his death crowds flocked to his grave to touch his holy monument, till the authorities caused the church yard to be shut.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
For years his lordship was seldom seen in London, the great house in Grosvenor Square was never opened.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills