How do you use Yimby in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Yimby meaning
- Acronym of yes, in my backyard.
- Acronym of yes, in many backyards.
Using Yimby
- The main meaning on this page is: Acronym of yes, in my backyard. | Acronym of yes, in many backyards.
- In the example corpus, yimby often appears in combinations such as: yimby movement.
Context around Yimby
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yimby
- In this selection, "yimby" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, california, longtime, housing, movement, backer and democrats stand out and add context to how "yimby" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a longtime yimby backer and and a national yimby organization. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yimby" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yimby
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The launch party for YIMBY Democrats proved transformative. (8 words)
Why the Pro-Housing 'Yimby' Movement Is Wading Into the Electionwsj. (11 words)
California could not have enacted in 2023 without the activism of YIMBY’s. (13 words)
He retired from skateboarding in 2020 and now works as a policy researcher in San Francisco for California YIMBY, an organization that advocates for broader housing affordability. (27 words)
In each city YIMBY activists led or contributed to the drive for building apartments in single family home neighborhoods and/or pushed for more housing. (25 words)
YIMBY has learned that 21 of these units will be duplexes, and the apartments here will measure 1,200 square feet, on average. (23 words)
Example sentences (10)
California could not have enacted in 2023 without the activism of YIMBY’s.
He retired from skateboarding in 2020 and now works as a policy researcher in San Francisco for California YIMBY, an organization that advocates for broader housing affordability.
K. Shear is a longtime YIMBY backer and to Breed’s police measure Prop.
Why the Pro-Housing 'Yimby' Movement Is Wading Into the Electionwsj.
And now Bry has also signaled that she isn’t getting on board the YIMBY movement, either.
The launch party for YIMBY Democrats proved transformative.
Guidi wanted to see what people thought about creating a national YIMBY organization.
In each city YIMBY activists led or contributed to the drive for building apartments in single family home neighborhoods and/or pushed for more housing.
In Oakland, Seattle and Austin — all cities with growing YIMBY movements — it’s nearly 70 percent.
YIMBY has learned that 21 of these units will be duplexes, and the apartments here will measure 1,200 square feet, on average.
Common combinations with yimby
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: