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
Instead, the engine can recharge the battery, working as a small generator to give it extra mileage on the go.
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Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
Zoom out: The slip-up comes after Democrats had already been getting considerable mileage out of Johnson's recent comments about the Affordable Care Act.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 2 Nov. 2024
That’s a fairly typical review day for me, but as with any gadget, your mileage will vary.
—Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2024
Your total yearly mileage helps the IRS calculate your business miles, so be sure to document it.
—Karla Dennis, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
Zoom out: The slip-up comes after Democrats had already been getting considerable mileage out of Johnson's recent comments about the Affordable Care Act.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 2 Nov. 2024
That’s a fairly typical review day for me, but as with any gadget, your mileage will vary.
—Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2024
Your total yearly mileage helps the IRS calculate your business miles, so be sure to document it.
—Karla Dennis, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mileage
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The company had outstanding borrowings of $500,000 on its line of credit as of September 30, 2024, with an additional $750,000 available for use.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Francie’s and Janet’s cabins are also open for summer use from July to September.Margaret Jackson, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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And a million and one other online pages post one-off explanations of how to watch individual games with varying degrees of actual usefulness.Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Our review unit also has some unwanted software, namely a McAfee antivirus trial and many HP apps of varying usefulness.PCMAG, PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
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But after rounding Cape Horn and quietly tracing the Chilean coast to little avail, its sailors found overwhelming success off of Peru in the new year, filling 450 barrels with oil from 11 whales in just two months.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Who else will be in Happy Gilmore 2? Hmmm… what are Lana Del Rey’s avails?Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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Phoenix city staff expected the utility plant upgrades would cost $84 million, documents showed.Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Part memoir and part oral history, Let the Record Show is a master class on the utility of anger and a historical corrective to chronicles that depict straight white men as the main heroes of the AIDS crisis.Ruth Madievsky, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Mileage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mileage. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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