air mile

noun

: a mile in air travel

Examples of air mile in a Sentence

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The Border Patrol claims the right to stage warrantless searches within 100 air miles of any external boundary of the U.S., including national boundaries and shorelines. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025 Mittens the cat has clocked up lots of extra air miles after mistakenly flying between New Zealand and Australia three times in 24 hours. Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025 Closing out the list of the top four rap artists with the most air miles is Drake. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Dec. 2024 Bakersfield is more than 200 miles from the border but about 100 air miles from the coast. Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 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 2 Feb. 2025.

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