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yds.

American  

abbreviation

  1. yards.


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Dennis Dougherty, GM's man in charge of manufacturing, is watching the process apprehensively from 50 yds. away.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mills gives me a cue to flick the two joysticks that make my deer's head swivel and her tail twitch from 50 yds. away.

From Time Magazine Archive

The last was an odd choice, except for the fact that it was just 100 yds. from Arafat's office.

From Time Magazine Archive

To encourage him to explore, his trainers built a large slingshot, which sent fish out 50 yds. in all directions.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is moated, and is a fine specimen of 15th-century brickwork, the buildings covering an almost square quadrangle measuring about 70 yds. in the side.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

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