mileage
Americannoun
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mileages
plural
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the aggregate number of miles traveled over in a given time.
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length, extent, or distance in miles.
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the number of miles or the average distance that a vehicle can travel on a specified quantity of fuel.
the car gets good mileage.
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wear, use, advantage, or profit.
She won't get much more mileage out of this old coat.
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an allowance for traveling expenses at a fixed rate per mile.
His mileage came to $90.
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a fixed charge per mile, as for railroad transportation.
noun
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a distance expressed in miles
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the total number of miles that a motor vehicle has travelled
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allowance for travelling expenses, esp as a fixed rate per mile
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the number of miles a motor vehicle will travel on one gallon of fuel
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informal use, benefit, or service provided by something
this scheme has a lot of mileage left
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informal grounds, substance, or weight
some mileage in the objectors' arguments
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They have used almost all of his work-related mileage points on their many trips to Europe, where they cruised down the Rhine, and across the U.S. to visit national parks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
But even those guys — besides 30-year-old Porzingis, they’re all in their late-30s or early 40s, with a ton of NBA mileage — aren’t beating Father Time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Freedom — you got to fight for it every single day, and you can’t be willing to give any mileage on that. Not even an inch,” she added.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
I sidled up to the bar with happy hour in full swing, feeling a little nauseated from the heat and mileage.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
“Hey dude,” he says, and then starts talking about some trail-run and mileage and other cross-country mumbo jumbo.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
At low mileages, some of them were snapping off, he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
Auto mechanics have been struck by the rising ages and mileages of vehicles that now arrive at the shop in numbers they’d never seen before.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023
Using a 5% significance level, test the hypothesis that the three mean commuting mileages are the same.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 19, 2013
I would drive up to 11 hours a day during my shift and turn in mileages of 550 to 640 miles a day.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2013
For this ideal journey the senators are allowed their mileages, as if the journey was actually made.
From Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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