Miles

American  

[mahylz] / maɪlz /

noun

1. Nelson Appleton, 1839–1925, U.S. army officer.

2. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “merciful.”

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Miles British  

/ maɪlz /

noun

1. Bernard, Baron Miles of Blackfriars. 1907–91, British actor and theatre manager. He founded the Mermaid Theatre in London, and was known as a character actor

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“Retirement decisions become far more personal as people approach and enter retirement,” said Nate Miles, Allspring’s head of retirement.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

New Jersey-based attorney Miles Hawks drove 7,500 miles round trip to attend with his 10-year-old daughter Kitt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Miles was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, near where Harwood's husband, Jonathan, lived as a child.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Although ISL’s 2001 bankruptcy exposed the risk of relying on a single partner, the ATP survived because Miles and Scott had secured a $200 million Swiss letter of credit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“It’s so cool that you organized this,” Miles says.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

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