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air mile

noun

: a mile in air travel

Examples of air mile in a Sentence

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For many of us who log lots of air miles a year, that splurge is Samsonite luggage. Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2025 Massed a lot of points, both in the hotels and air miles, which have been enormously useful. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025 Within two days, displaced residents were being flown to Anchorage, 400 air miles away. NPR, 17 Oct. 2025 For the lucky few with a wider budget and the air miles to shop abroad, Chused swears by sourcing in France—especially the markets around Paris and the dealers in the South. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for air mile

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of air mile was in 1907

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“Air mile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20mile. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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