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statute miles

n. (statute mile English)

Usage examples of "statute miles".

They sailed silently over a herd of long-horned bison that straggled for what Arsen computed to be over four statute miles, with bands of the small, big-headed, shaggy horses grazing among the huge, dark-colored bovines.

I wrote that down, along with fuel consumption, so I could do the math later, breaking it down in the way that to me is easiest to remember, statute miles per gallon at x rpm.

Madam: I have the honor and pleasure to inform you that today, January 19, 2006, the Salvation has been taken successfully under tow and is proceeding northward at the rate of approximately one and a half statute miles per hour.

I reached for scratch paper and made a rough estimate of four hundred and seventy-five statute miles from Bahia Mar to Timber Bay.

Wait a minute, I think from that height the horizon is, ah, around ninety-six statute miles.

You're now almost exactly five hundred and sixty-two thousand statute miles from the Earth.