miles

noun

plural of mile
as in infinities
a long distance the recluse lived in a small cabin miles away from his closest neighbor

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Recent Examples of miles The hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft is designed to carry more than 500 pounds (227 kilograms) of cargo and travel up to 450 miles (724 kilometers). — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026 Twenty miles from the start of stage eight in Puçol, the biggest wildfire in 40 years in the city of Valencia was close to being extinguished but was still burning. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Claire and its sister boat, the Columbia, which first launched in 1902, spent decades taking passengers from the end of Woodward Avenue to the island about 20 miles down the Detroit river, according to Historic Detroit. — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Finland's border with Russia stretches more than 830 miles (1,300 kilometers) from the Baltic Sea up to the Arctic Circle. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 The earthquake's epicenter was approximately 9 miles southeast of Petrolia and occurred at a depth of 7 miles. — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Five hundred miles away in Odessa, Bianca’s friend Julie Stinson was scrolling through social media and saw something about her friend Bianca that made her heart stop. — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026 The company originally planned to build a solar power plant with battery storage on Bureau of Land Management ground about 5 miles southwest of Boulder City. — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026 The highway to get there is a single-lane road for miles and miles and miles, and there’s sagebrush all around. — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Miles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miles. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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