mileage

Example Sentences

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Just as your mileage will vary out there, your people will too.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Such is the nature of a movie like this, but every viewer’s mileage with the pedagogical writing will vary.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Millions of people now own hybrid or electric cars, and gas vehicles get better mileage, too.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

He recently sidelined his prized 2001 BMW X5 in favor of a 2014 Hyundai Tucson he bought from his niece because he says it gets about 8 miles better gas mileage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

We agreed to try the glacier between the Volcanoes, though by going west to it we lose at least two days’ mileage towards our goal, one in going west and one in regaining the distance.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin