as in use
the capacity for being useful for some purpose
I bought this dishwasher just last year—there is still a lot of mileage left in it
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Recent Examples of mileage
While monthly payments tend to be lower, leases come with mileage limits — usually 10,000 to 15,000 miles per year — and may include fees for excess wear or mileage.
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Mike Winters, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
If Machado needed to hear hard truths, such as, say, being more open to reducing mileage on his body, Pujols could do it.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Gas mileage averages are 20 miles per gallon in city driving, 26 mpg on the freeways, 23 mpg combined.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Cooper gets considerable humorous mileage out of his goofy stoner role, starting with a guffaw-inducing pratfall entrance involving an exploding carton of oat milk.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
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Mike Winters, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
If Machado needed to hear hard truths, such as, say, being more open to reducing mileage on his body, Pujols could do it.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Gas mileage averages are 20 miles per gallon in city driving, 26 mpg on the freeways, 23 mpg combined.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Cooper gets considerable humorous mileage out of his goofy stoner role, starting with a guffaw-inducing pratfall entrance involving an exploding carton of oat milk.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mileage
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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By contrast, Trump’s domestic use of military forces over the past year has more clearly crossed a line by putting the apolitical military in the middle of partisan conflicts.—
Peter D. Feaver,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Its usefulness as a host of carbon offset markets is limited, and governments should have no illusions that their annual check-in under the Paris agreement will enforce real accountability, much less create incentives for more ambitious national pledges.—
JESSICA F. GREEN,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Nov. 2025
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To attempt to increase the usefulness and accuracy of benchmarks, several research groups have recently proposed new series of tests that better measure models’ real-world performance on economically meaningful tasks.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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Dallas is publicly on the hunt for a big-time pass-rusher to replace Micah Parsons, and has reached out to the Las Vegas Raiders about Maxx Crosby and the Cincinnati Bengals regarding Trey Hendrickson -- thus far to no avail.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Derbez also recalled mentioning his hits in Hollywood meetings to little avail in the past.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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Interestingly, a recent New Jersey poll found a plurality of voters blamed the utility companies themselves.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The debate about the utility of interdependence with China is fierce.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Mileage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mileage. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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