Thesaurus results for BACKYARDS

backyards

noun

plural of backyard

as in vicinities

an adjoining region or space shocked to learn that the wind farm would be right in our own backyard

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Recent Examples of backyards Opposition is slightly higher in rural communities (78%), but 72% of suburbanites agree, along with 69% of urbanites, who are much less likely to face data center construction in their own backyards. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 California does not have a single statewide law specifically prohibiting pet owners from burying domestic animals in their backyards. — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Most Houston backyards are likely to stay above 50 degrees, but the city’s official climate observation site at Bush Intercontinental Airport has a solid chance at seeing lows in the 40s for the first time since March 19. — Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 17 Oct. 2026 In the American psyche, data centers have become so reviled that big tech can’t even pay residents life changing money to welcome the facilities into their backyards. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 15 Oct. 2026 Nearby residents soon became incensed about the prospect of massive concerts that could funnel sound into their backyards. — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 As rural communities across the United States wage intensifying battles to keep AI-computing data centers out of their backyards, some tech giants are mulling methods that could sidestep such local resentment — by sending the facilities to space. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 As the data-center buildout grows more divisive, blasting that infrastructure into space and away from people’s backyards holds obvious appeal. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026 At just 506 feet from Keller backyards, Westlake’s proposal raises the same concerns about proximity that both the Governor and our residents have been voicing. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026

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