Miles

[mahylz]

noun

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

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

Miles

/ 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

Example Sentences

Law enforcement arrested Bryan and and his fiancée, Johnnie Faye Cartwright, on Saturday around 12:30 p.m. after officers responded to a report of reckless endangerment near a popular camping site about 30 miles from Eugene, the statement said.

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“I’ve never seen this in any other company since I’ve been investing,” said Miles Clements, a partner at venture firm Accel since 2009 who led Cursor’s most recent funding round.

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The Chinese position sits 6 miles from the biggest U.S. military base in Africa, Camp Lemonnier.

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Middletown, a quiet borough of about 9,500 people, sits on the Susquehanna River roughly 10 miles southeast of Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania capital.

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Three days later, the governor advised pregnant women and preschoolers within 5 miles to evacuate.

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Related Words

• deep 
• distant 
• long