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Discover LudwigThe phrase "at a backyard" is not correct in standard English; it should be "in a backyard." You can use it when referring to an event or activity taking place within the confines of a backyard space.
Example: "We had a lovely barbecue in a backyard filled with friends and laughter."
Alternatives: "in the yard" or "in the garden."
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In another commercial, women are gathered at a backyard party.
On Mr. Schulson's first day there, at a backyard get-together, he met those girls.
Just as at a backyard barbecue, not everyone running it is a chef.
Two weeks later, a friend got them together at a backyard barbecue.
At a backyard cook-out, Dubya meets his future bride, Laura Elizabeth Bankss), an apolitical librarian.
This wasn't at a backyard birthday party, but rather the soaring Vanderbilt Hall of Grand Central Terminal last month.
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But homeowners can try their own hand at creating a backyard aquarium with pond kits that sell for about $1,000 at building supply stores.
On "Indoors Out," at 10, a backyard is turned into a wine bar with a patio that connects to basement stairs and a fireplace.
He had left his job as a reporter for The Daily Record in Morristown, N.J., at first planting a backyard five-acre parcel he had bought from a neighbor.
Hamill first skated at age eight on a backyard pond.
Michael Diamond was sitting in his Cobble Hill town house, marveling at the virtues of a backyard.
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