MILEAGE Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

mileage

noun

ˈmī-lij

Definition of mileage

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 Each entry includes trail descriptions, mileage, elevation gain, difficulty ratings, seasonal considerations, full-color maps, and practical planning advice. — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Unclear the mileage and range out of this truck and different battery packs and all these things. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 9 July 2026 In this form, the jewel got a lot more mileage, with Diana wearing it on three of her most memorable outings. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 July 2026 Why did drivers prefer high-density volume over raw mileage premiums? — Christopher S. Tang, The Conversation, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mileage

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Noun

The new law also now requires any presumptive large-scale data center to receive a public hearing from its local water management district before the district can issue a water use permit.

— Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
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, 16 July 2026

Definition of use

Noun

Their focus is on speed, reusability and homegrown security rather than payload, limiting their usefulness for the military.

— Gerry Doyle, Fortune, 13 July 2026
But even though the company had quickly grown into a market leader, Bensamoun kept hearing customers complain about the device's usefulness.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of usefulness

Noun

After that, when the impossibility of recovering anyone else became clear, Al-Zaharnah and others kept hoping international organizations would convince Israel to allow more construction equipment, but to little avail.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Ronaldo tried a bicycle kick on the rebound, to no avail.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026

Definition of avail

Noun

His ability to implement policies aimed at boosting economic growth — such as reindustrialization, building more social housing and taking greater public control of utilities — will also be severely constrained by weak government finances.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Across the nation, some communities have had more blackouts after large data centers move in, and higher power bills as utilities have to build more infrastructure to support them.

— Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

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