yd.
abbreviation
yard; yards.
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yd.
1 Americanabbreviation
YD.
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American
abbreviation
yd
British
abbreviation
yd
Scientific
Example Sentences
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The plaza is a square with side length 100 yd. as shown in the figure below.
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
Quarterback Denard Robinson is the classic college double threat — last season, he threw for 2,570 yd. and rushed for another 1,702.
From Time • Sep. 2, 2011
Along the Mississippi near Vicksburg the War Department has contracted with 19 different companies to move 30,000,000 cu. yd. of earth for new levees at a cost of $6,000,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
This time, Hanley caught the ball just beyond the line of scrimmage, cut to the left, zigzagged 10 yd. to the goalline.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Irving E. Howe gives the cost of a 6-in. foundation of 1-3-5 natural cement at Minneapolis, Minn., in 1897, as $2.80 per cu. yd., or $0.467 per sq. yd.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
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