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a long distance
the recluse lived in a small cabin miles away from his closest neighbor
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Recent Examples of miles
To put this into perspective, while CORONA photographed approximately 590 million square miles of the earth’s surface during its entire multiyear run, Planet photographs 186 million square miles every day.
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Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Smaller packages moving within a few hundred miles will only increase by about 40 cents, but larger boxes or long-distance deliveries could add as much as $7 for standard shipping.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
Nearly 3,000 miles away in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles, buy-and-sell resale shop Syndicate touts the shoe as one of ’25’s most in-demand items.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
The Utah route in particular may be popular among national park visitors since the airport functions as a main transportation point for Zion National Park, located just 40 miles away.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
Hurricane Melissa is located 145 miles south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica, and is expected to turn north on Monday to make landfall on the island around sunrise on Tuesday.
—ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
What this does is immediately reduce any transit for a returned or warehouse item to 30 miles or less, versus hundreds of miles.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 135 miles southwest of Kingston Jamaica and 320 miles southwest of Guantanamo Cuba.
—Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
The planes have a range of 7,750 miles, and can accommodate up to 13 passengers.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Smaller packages moving within a few hundred miles will only increase by about 40 cents, but larger boxes or long-distance deliveries could add as much as $7 for standard shipping.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
Nearly 3,000 miles away in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles, buy-and-sell resale shop Syndicate touts the shoe as one of ’25’s most in-demand items.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
The Utah route in particular may be popular among national park visitors since the airport functions as a main transportation point for Zion National Park, located just 40 miles away.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
Hurricane Melissa is located 145 miles south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica, and is expected to turn north on Monday to make landfall on the island around sunrise on Tuesday.
—ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
What this does is immediately reduce any transit for a returned or warehouse item to 30 miles or less, versus hundreds of miles.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 135 miles southwest of Kingston Jamaica and 320 miles southwest of Guantanamo Cuba.
—Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
The planes have a range of 7,750 miles, and can accommodate up to 13 passengers.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Miles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miles. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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