Square yardage measures it (4)

I believe the answer is:

area

(Other definitions for area that I've seen before include "District; plot" , "Extent of a two-dimensional surface" , "Length multiplied by breadth" , "Field of activity or surface" , "Locality" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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