schoolyard
noun
school·yard
ˈskül-ˌyärd 
plural schoolyards
: the area next to or surrounding a school where students typically play games or sports
He organized a marbles tournament that could take place only in the schoolyard during recess.—
Jerry Spinelli
Jerry Spinelli… there was a schoolboyish quality to the way he did it—as if he were trying to show that he was the biggest, toughest boy in the schoolyard.—Elizabeth Drew
—often used before another nounElizabeth Drewschoolyard games
a schoolyard bully
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Footage broadcast by Croatian media on Friday showed children running away from the school building and a medical helicopter landing in the schoolyard.
—Darko Bandic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
But [Star Wars] played a big part in how my imagination blossomed as a child, while running around my yard or the schoolyard, pretending to be those characters.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
Children in the schoolyard across the street, a truck backing up.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
But Biden's basic human decency was another thing that will be much more widely appreciated as the 47th president brings his relentless circus of daily outrages, provocations and schoolyard taunts back into our lives.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Darko Bandic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
But [Star Wars] played a big part in how my imagination blossomed as a child, while running around my yard or the schoolyard, pretending to be those characters.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
Children in the schoolyard across the street, a truck backing up.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
But Biden's basic human decency was another thing that will be much more widely appreciated as the 47th president brings his relentless circus of daily outrages, provocations and schoolyard taunts back into our lives.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Schoolyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolyard. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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