yard
noun
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
yards
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present tense formof yard (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Leading the way has been senior running back Dveen Aghanian, who has rushed for 1,798 yards and 23 touchdowns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
There should be lots of running against Glendale, which has its own top running back in Arman Papazyan, who has rushed for nearly 1,500 yards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Big investors are piling into industrial outdoor storage, seizing on the demand from data-center developers for these 10-acre yards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Kansas City and Seattle have not only won three of the past four Super Bowls, they came into week seven with this season's best offence and best defence respectively, in terms of total yards.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
As for the São José, for almost two hundred years the sunken ship lay undiscovered in deep water only sixty yards from shore.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
