How to Use mil in a Sentence

mil

noun
  • Trevor Bauer can make as much as $40 mil this year, with the Dodgers.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2021
  • This from a guy who has made $87 mil playing golf on the PGA Tour.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 18 May 2022
  • The school couldn’t afford to pay John Brannen a mere $5 mil to pack his bags.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 23 July 2021
  • In fact, at a concentration of 68 nanograms per mil in the blood sample.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Bidding a couple mil on a 1930s Packard at auction, for instance, is a sure way to stand out.
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Until the two countries reach something more like parity, though, $14 mil sounds much nicer than $4 mil.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2023
  • This was originally pitched as like a 21 ish million dollar project with a few mil leftover as his backup funds.
    Leila Atassi, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Dearborn voters also approved two ballot proposals: a mil increase for the libraries and to review and tweak the city charter.
    Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Sure, your phone might suffice in certain applications, but nothing can replace a mil-spec flashlight.
    Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2021
  • This apartment is a rare two-bedroom condo listed for under $1 million in Lincoln Square (the other two under-a-mil options are both co-ops with higher monthly fees).
    Jenny Xie, Curbed, 8 Feb. 2022
  • That’s almost a mil more than the model’s previous most expensive variant, the Tricolore, which started at $6.7 million.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 June 2022
  • While not official dark skies, there is an effort to get three places in the Driftless region within about 15 mils of each other in Vernon County designated as dark sky areas.
    Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2023
  • Sixty games, full pro-rated salaries, $25 mil in postseason money, postseason expanded to 16 teams, universal DH.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 18 June 2020
  • The SD-C has a smooth feel and has been proven to be extremely reliable in field conditions and offers enhanced trigger control and accuracy while maintaining the reliability of a mil-spec trigger.
    Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The spill occurred on Highway 84, less than a quarter mil radius from the hospital’s facility, which serves as a critical care facility for the rural Southeast Georgia community.
    Stephanie Toone, ajc, 2 June 2020
  • Trevor Bauer can make as much as $40 mil this year, with the Dodgers.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2021
  • This from a guy who has made $87 mil playing golf on the PGA Tour.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 18 May 2022
  • The school couldn’t afford to pay John Brannen a mere $5 mil to pack his bags.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 23 July 2021
  • In fact, at a concentration of 68 nanograms per mil in the blood sample.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Bidding a couple mil on a 1930s Packard at auction, for instance, is a sure way to stand out.
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Until the two countries reach something more like parity, though, $14 mil sounds much nicer than $4 mil.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2023
  • This was originally pitched as like a 21 ish million dollar project with a few mil leftover as his backup funds.
    Leila Atassi, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Dearborn voters also approved two ballot proposals: a mil increase for the libraries and to review and tweak the city charter.
    Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Sure, your phone might suffice in certain applications, but nothing can replace a mil-spec flashlight.
    Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2021
  • This apartment is a rare two-bedroom condo listed for under $1 million in Lincoln Square (the other two under-a-mil options are both co-ops with higher monthly fees).
    Jenny Xie, Curbed, 8 Feb. 2022
  • That’s almost a mil more than the model’s previous most expensive variant, the Tricolore, which started at $6.7 million.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 June 2022
  • While not official dark skies, there is an effort to get three places in the Driftless region within about 15 mils of each other in Vernon County designated as dark sky areas.
    Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2023
  • Sixty games, full pro-rated salaries, $25 mil in postseason money, postseason expanded to 16 teams, universal DH.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 18 June 2020
  • The SD-C has a smooth feel and has been proven to be extremely reliable in field conditions and offers enhanced trigger control and accuracy while maintaining the reliability of a mil-spec trigger.
    Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The spill occurred on Highway 84, less than a quarter mil radius from the hospital’s facility, which serves as a critical care facility for the rural Southeast Georgia community.
    Stephanie Toone, ajc, 2 June 2020

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