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

Lauren Fix, an automotive analyst and host of Car Coach Reports, agrees with my approach, since used cars under $10,000 usually come with high mileage and are well-worn.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

And if his body isn’t feeling it, he skips a workout or decreases mileage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 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

Carefully completing their work sheets; talking about the fortunes of local football teams; planning Las Vegas vacations; comparing the gas mileage of various makes of campers—they were not los pobres my mother had spoken about.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez