mileage

Example Sentences

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Suddenly, smaller cars with higher gas mileage numbers were hot — and hard to find.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Retirees frequently maintain high mileage estimates, unnecessary collision coverage on aging vehicles or coverage limits that were designed for long daily commutes during working years.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

And if his body isn’t feeling it, he skips a workout or decreases mileage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Another taxi driver, who gave the name Steve, claimed firms would purposely increase the mileage on trips by dispatching drivers to another distant town to carry out short journeys.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

“You know that right now I’m shaking in my boots that I’m here,” my mom says, “and that Lenny will see the gas mileage when he gets back and know I took his car.”

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden