1
: an allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile
2
: aggregate length or distance in miles: such as
a
: the total miles traveled especially in a given period of time
b
: the amount of service that something will yield especially as expressed in terms of miles of travel
c
: the average number of miles a motor vehicle will travel on a gallon of gasoline that is used as a measure of fuel economy
gets good mileage
3
a
: usefulness
got a lot of mileage left in it
b
: benefit derived from something
got good political mileage from the debates
Examples of mileage in a Sentence
a car with high mileage
My new car gets much better mileage than my old one did.
The company has gotten a lot of mileage out of a simple idea.
The movie gets a lot of mileage out of an old story.
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And while the Knicks did accumulate some extra mileage with a five-minute overtime period, the broader point is hard to ignore: the workload gap is real.
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Bay Area News Group, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2025
The models listed are the cheapest cars to drive based on average annual mileage and new car prices.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 23 May 2025
And while the Knicks did accumulate some extra mileage with a five-minute overtime period, the broader point is hard to ignore: the workload gap is real.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
As for the median distance to the nearest maternity care hospital, the respective mileage was 8, 13 and 22.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for mileage
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“Mileage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mileage. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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mileage
noun
mile·age
ˈmī-lij 
1
: an allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile
2
: distance or distance covered in miles
3
: the number of miles that something (as a tire) will travel before wearing out
4
: the average number of miles a vehicle will travel on a gallon of gasoline
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