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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a yard of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a measurement of fabric or material, often in contexts related to sewing, crafting, or construction.
Example: "I need to buy a yard of fabric to complete my sewing project."
Alternatives: "a meter of" or "a length of".
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She may use a yard of it -- or perhaps even a yard of the Scalamandre -- to cover the throw pillows.
The project was heading towards spending a billion pounds of public money before laying a yard of track.
The youth weeded the beds and spread a yard of mulch and a half a yard of pea stone.
"There's not a yard of dirt being moved," he said.
You talk as if she were a yard of calico".
Bearing enough moisture to spill a yard of new snow.
He injected a yard of pace and no little vision into the centre of the park.
We spent a day trying to clear a yard of overgrown grasses.
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Fellow players, including Djokovic, suggested that he had lost a yard of pace.
Anyway, this is a 'Yard of the Week' that I remember very well.
Do women at Harvard still need a Yard of their own?
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