as in vicinity
an adjoining region or space
shocked to learn that the wind farm would be right in our own backyard
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as in amateur
being such only for recreation
an orchid that is a favorite with backyard horticulturists
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Recent Examples of backyard
Paula Wethington, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
That can look like a bathtub loaded with ice cubes, a leap into a freezing lake, a session at a dedicated cold-plunge studio or a DIY tank in the backyard.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
Lauren David, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2025
The agency is concerned that some wild birds, geese, backyard domestic fowl and commercial poultry flocks may have contracted Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, which is contagious among bird populations.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025
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Noun
The 9-year-old girl was thrown into the backyard during the crash and seriously injured.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
That can look like a bathtub loaded with ice cubes, a leap into a freezing lake, a session at a dedicated cold-plunge studio or a DIY tank in the backyard.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Choose black oil sunflower seeds, Stewart recommends, because most backyard birds, including woodpeckers, finches, chickadees, and titmice, eat them.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2025
The agency is concerned that some wild birds, geese, backyard domestic fowl and commercial poultry flocks may have contracted Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, which is contagious among bird populations.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backyard
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The expedition became the first spaceflight to send humans near the vicinity of the moon in more than 50 years, with the crew traveling farther from Earth than any humans before them while seeing unprecedented views of the moon.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Homes in the vicinity have been evacuated and members of the public are advised to avoid the area, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said on Sunday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Odom was divorced from Herbert Odom, a prominent Black South Side dentist and amateur boxer.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Here, research has revealed, for example, how audience and journalistic frames interact and compete in liveblogs, where in a space of potential co-production, journalists still reframe amateur contributions by appending their own frames onto them.—
Daniel Jackson,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Backyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backyard. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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