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
Among the requirements has been the need to report test mileage and disengagements, reports that revealed that Tesla's testing has in fact been extremely limited within that state's borders since 2016.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2025
Board members also voted to keep their annual salary at $3,500 and set their mileage reimbursement rate according to Internal Revenue Service guidelines – currently 56.5 cents per mile.
—Jorge Sosa, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
That’s a lot of mileage for any football player, let alone someone who has so often been the crux of his team’s offensive attack.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Like Alaska, Delta maintains the right to reject mileage requests in the case of severe weather or other conditions outside the airline’s control.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 5 Feb. 2025
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2025
Board members also voted to keep their annual salary at $3,500 and set their mileage reimbursement rate according to Internal Revenue Service guidelines – currently 56.5 cents per mile.
—Jorge Sosa, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
That’s a lot of mileage for any football player, let alone someone who has so often been the crux of his team’s offensive attack.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Like Alaska, Delta maintains the right to reject mileage requests in the case of severe weather or other conditions outside the airline’s control.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mileage
Noun
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Make use of the giant black box on the wall—your TV.—
Kendra Vaculin,
Bon Appétit,
11 Feb. 2025
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Park District officials want to make changes on the pool that originally went into use about ten years ago.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The usefulness of the one-on-one meeting has become a topic for debate.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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The Blue Trail asserts that productivity is the antithesis of human fulfillment, offering an alternative of sorts to the empty promises of capitalism and Soviet-style communism with its insistence that our wellbeing isn’t tied up with notions of usefulness.—
Jay D. Weissberg,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Yates took his anger out on a chair, smacking the bench, the redshirt freshman guard dropping 18 points and three threes to little avail.—
Luca Evans,
Orange County Register,
15 Feb. 2025
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Readers may be surprised by a scene in which a young Michaels, himself a comedian, pitches jokes to Woody Allen, to little avail.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Non-monetary incentives, such as a free parking space or covering the first month’s utilities, can also make your property more attractive.—
Steve Welty,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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The order, unanimously approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission, directs the utility to retire the remaining 1,000 miles of aging leak-prone cast iron and ductile pipes running under Chicago by 2035.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Mileage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mileage. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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