mph
abbreviation
miles per hour.
mph
1 American
Or
m.p.h.,
abbreviation
M.Ph.
2
American
abbreviation
M.P.H.
3
American
abbreviation
mph
British
abbreviation
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Their hotel was surrounded by a web of highways, so they walked along the busy roads, cars speeding by at 70-plus mph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The White Sox are swinging nearly a full mile per hour faster this season, or just shy of the MLB average of 72.1 mph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
It dumped 5.62 inches of rain on L.A. over three days, sent wind gusts of up to 65 mph and resulted in 45 deaths from flooding on land, with an additional 48 deaths at sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
California law caps pedal-assisted e-bikes at 28 mph and throttle models at 20 mph, but Amazon had continued selling bikes capable of exceeding 40 mph despite the risks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The speeds don’t get above 25 mph, and it only lasts ten seconds, but there’s an upside-down loop in the middle.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
M.P.H., head of cardiac PET/CT imaging trials at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025
M.P.H., have previously published work on patients' preferences for what physicians wear during clinical encounters.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
M.P.H., vice chair of research and associate professor at the University of Toronto and deputy lead of sustainability at the Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto General Hospital.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2024
M.P.H., director of the Office of Infectious Diseases in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, in a statement.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2023
Under the headline “At 60 M.P.H., Office Work Is High Risk,” the story quoted businesspeople describing the desperate need to respond to client inquiries within seconds, or risk losing a sale.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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