MILEAGE Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

mileage

noun

ˈmī-lij

Definition of mileage

as in use

the capacity for being useful for some purpose I bought this dishwasher just last year—there is still a lot of mileage left in it

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Recent Examples of mileage Back in 2019, Uber famously cited a total addressable market (TAM) of $6 trillion by calculating the total mileage value of all personal cars and public transport worldwide. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 The listing also notes while the odometer shows 3,800 miles, the vehicle’s true mileage is unknown. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2026 Fortunately, even those who are only able to shop for older and higher-mileage rides can take solace in the fact that today’s vehicles are engineered to last longer than ever. — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 But no team has completed less mileage in races this year than Cadillac. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mileage

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Noun

Davis shared her thoughts alongside a side-by-side comparison of the costume with 19th-century minstrel imagery, which perpetuated racist stereotypes about Black Americans and involved the use of blackface.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Aug. 2026
But experts on the use of artificial intelligence in combat say that line already has been crossed.

— Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of use

Noun

Advertisement McKleroy, meanwhile, likes to over-research, add more information, and complicate projects past the point of usefulness.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Because the watermark degrades with more thorough editing or in shorter samples of text, its usefulness may also be uneven depending on the department or assignment.

— Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of usefulness

Noun

For decades, Washington strove to align perceptions across theaters, to little avail.

— Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
After that, when the impossibility of recovering anyone else became clear, Al-Zaharnah and others kept hoping international organizations would convince Israel to allow more construction equipment, but to little avail.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of avail

Noun

And the utilities responsible for the grid have largely responded by asking to be shielded from competition.

— Joshua Macey, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
This combination—strong binding but limited activation—is central to the clinical utility of buprenorphine.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

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