square yard

noun

1. a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. yd 2 , sq. yd.

Example Sentences

The company put down more than 2,400 square yards of the turf.

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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.

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Nonreflective glass was costly, he said: Work on a painting of moderate size — a square yard, say — could come in at around $1,000.

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About 617 square yards of turf, and up to six cubic yards of crumb rubber — each piece the size of a large coffee ground — were initially released downstream, according to the state Department of Ecology.

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But in invisible hot spots, some covering an acre or two, some just a few square yards, radiation can soar to thousands of times normal ambient levels.

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