square yard
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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.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2023
We’re really not too concerned with grasshopper numbers until they get up to at least 14 per square yard on rangeland.
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
Their numbers will surely soar this weekend as the president and perhaps thousands of out-of-town visitors, black and white, jam every square yard of highway space for a chance to re-experience history.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2015
Tres Marias was returned to him in ruins but intact down to the last square yard.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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