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Statute mile has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

2

The mile of 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards, distinguished from the traditional mile of 5,000 feet employed before the 1593 Weights and Measures Act.

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mile us treaty feet traditional yard distinguish metric mile
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Rhyming Words
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