air mile

noun

: a mile in air travel

Examples of air mile in a Sentence

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Sporting traveled over 5,000 air miles for matches in Portland, St. Louis and San Diego. Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2025 The federal government has defined reasonable distance as within 100 air miles (about 115 miles) or shorter distance, as set by the Customs and Border Protection chief or Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent for a specific sector or district. Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2025 The Rams will open their 2025 season on Sept. 7 against the Texans at SoFi Stadium, a presumably comfortable start to a 17-game schedule that will see the Rams travel the second-most air miles in the NFL. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025 Charlie Miller, of Shady Shores, Texas, recalled only two bad experiences in 27 years of traveling all over the world, logging about 3 million air miles and renting cars in Europe, southeast Asia and North America. Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for air mile

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of air mile was in 1907

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“Air mile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20mile. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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