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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are yards" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing measurements, distances, or comparisons involving yards as a unit of measurement.
Example: "The football field is 100 yards long, while the soccer field dimensions are yards."
Alternatives: "measure in yards" or "are measured in yards".
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are yards
noun
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building (Wikipedia).
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There are yards to be made out wide, out-flanking the enemy.
As Mr. Audi observed, "you might think that this would work — that there are yards of expendable music.
The Aikman statistics are yards per rush and yards per pass; third-down conversions; total first downs; adjusted points (total scoring minus points from returns and safeties); red-zone performance; and turnovers.
While big cockfighting operations — some with "about 900 birds," Detective Brumagin said — exist mostly in the hills and valleys far beyond the city center, "there are yards just east of downtown that have 40, 50 and 60 birds".
There are yards and yards of polished brass rails and accents, and the waiters zoom brashly past, often on the verge of collision, as diners watch from black leather banquettes.
Though there are yards of health apps on the store, most of them fall into a few groups.
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The posters lining the walls are yard-sale Norman Rockwell reproductions.
The tees are yard-square scraps of artificial turf.
My desk was yards from his office.
The distance was yards.
It's yard sale season again.
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