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mileage

[mahy-lij] / ˈmaɪ lɪdʒ /
NOUN
rate
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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On the other hand, the HEV gets about 63% better mileage: 31 mpg combined.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Its total mileage eventually established the driving record that Perseverance has now broken.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Staff use their own vehicles and the company pays mileage at 55p per business mile.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Everyone’s mileage will vary, but I find the film’s matter-of-fact formal structure more convincing than not.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

But he knew by the mileage she was clocking right then that she was probably not in the head space to really listen.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

At low mileages, some of them were snapping off, he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024

While not every day hike involving the Big Loop is a spirit-draining test of will, some suggestions in this article are better suited for athletic hikers comfortable with double-digit mileages and vigorous pacing.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022

But in five days of following Young’s every move, Cantrell didn’t witness any indication that he was capable of achieving the mileages he claimed in the first days of his transcontinental run.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2016

Using a 5% significance level, test the hypothesis that the three mean commuting mileages are the same.

From Textbooks ● Sep. 19, 2013

The mileages registered by our anemometer were the mean for a whole hour, neglecting individual gusts, whose velocity much exceeded the average and which were always the potent factors in destructive work.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Sir Douglas Mawson


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