as in infinity
a long distance
the recluse lived in a small cabin miles away from his closest neighbor
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Asteroids are typically millions of miles away, moving tens of thousands of miles per hour relative to the Sun.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
The Confederate slave system was vast at the start of the Civil War, encompassing about three and a half million enslaved people scattered across seven hundred and fifty thousand square miles.
—Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
The 196-foot space rock is 27 million miles from Earth but closing in fast, and it has been placed at the top of NASA's Sentry Risk Table, which details the asteroids that could hit Earth over the next century.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
That money also is used to help fight California’s deadly wildfires, by paying for the maintenance of thousands of miles of forest roads.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
The Confederate slave system was vast at the start of the Civil War, encompassing about three and a half million enslaved people scattered across seven hundred and fifty thousand square miles.
—Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
The 196-foot space rock is 27 million miles from Earth but closing in fast, and it has been placed at the top of NASA's Sentry Risk Table, which details the asteroids that could hit Earth over the next century.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
That money also is used to help fight California’s deadly wildfires, by paying for the maintenance of thousands of miles of forest roads.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Mile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mile. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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