mileage

Example Sentences

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Suddenly, smaller cars with higher gas mileage numbers were hot — and hard to find.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Simply making sure your vehicle’s tires are properly inflated can improve your gas mileage by as much as 3.3%, according to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Retirees frequently maintain high mileage estimates, unnecessary collision coverage on aging vehicles or coverage limits that were designed for long daily commutes during working years.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

Another taxi driver, who gave the name Steve, claimed firms would purposely increase the mileage on trips by dispatching drivers to another distant town to carry out short journeys.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

I have listened to accounts by such travelers in which every road number was remembered, every mileage recalled, and every little countryside discovered.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck