yard sale

noun

Synonyms of yard salenext

Examples of yard sale in a Sentence

there are signs up all over town advertising yard sales
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With so many players on expiring contracts — including starters Coby White and Nikola Vučević and key sixth man Ayo Dosunmu — Karnišovas had little choice but to hold a yard sale this week, much like Cubs President Jed Hoyer did with his summer sell-off at the 2021 MLB trade deadline. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026 The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation will also host its annual yard sale. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026 Muise said that Moscow, home to the University of Idaho, is like other college towns and cities around the nation, where lights posts and street signs are targets for all kinds of political messaging (or nonpolitical messaging, such as fliers for yard sales, concerts or missing pets). Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 15 Dec. 2025 People have yard sales in here. Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for yard sale

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of yard sale was in 1972

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“Yard sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yard%20sale. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.

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