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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
The final grand surprise of her first day in Mexico came when someone informed her that the creation was the work of a single nun living in the seclusion of the Hieronymite convent of Santa Paula, just a few miles away.
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Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
The discovery was found in the ancient ruins of Gabii, about 11 miles east of Rome.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The ship sank in 530 feet of water about 17 miles from Whitefish Bay, near the cities of Sault Ste.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
So the 26-year-old resident of Nirasaki, a city in Yamanashi Prefecture — home to Mount Fuji and some 80 miles west of Tokyo — taped 100 interviews with rural women and started her own YouTube channel.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
At its nearest point, the beaver moon will be 221,817 miles from Earth, the closest supermoon of the year.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The epicenter was located about 12 miles north-northwest of Walker, at a depth of 7 miles.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 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
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
Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
The discovery was found in the ancient ruins of Gabii, about 11 miles east of Rome.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The ship sank in 530 feet of water about 17 miles from Whitefish Bay, near the cities of Sault Ste.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
So the 26-year-old resident of Nirasaki, a city in Yamanashi Prefecture — home to Mount Fuji and some 80 miles west of Tokyo — taped 100 interviews with rural women and started her own YouTube channel.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
At its nearest point, the beaver moon will be 221,817 miles from Earth, the closest supermoon of the year.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The epicenter was located about 12 miles north-northwest of Walker, at a depth of 7 miles.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 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
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
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“Miles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miles. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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