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

New Delhi is more than 7,000 miles from New York, yet Indian media are obsessed with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

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Ryan Tracy downplayed the vehicle crash, describing it as “more of a jolt” while noting Carrillo was driving at less than 10 miles per hour.

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Once a thriving Palestinian district just five miles from central Damascus, Yarmouk became, by 2013, the most heavily besieged area in the country.

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More than 1,200 miles separate Los Angeles and Vancouver in the west, there are 1,700 miles between Kansas City and Mexico City in the central region, and 1,500 miles between Miami and Boston in the east.

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Meanwhile, 5,000 miles away from northern Brazil at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Los Angeles Master Chorale presented a novel argument.

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Related Words

• deep 
• distant 
• long