How to Use mil in a Sentence

mil

noun
  • That all makes a mil sound like a bargain.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The other sold for a half-mil-plus as well.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Also has base salaries if $18 mil and $21 mil next two years.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Trevor Bauer can make as much as $40 mil this year, with the Dodgers.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Harper still has $330 mil on his contract.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The first Wicked was making $33 mil at this point in its release.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The school couldn’t afford to pay John Brannen a mere $5 mil to pack his bags.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 23 July 2021
  • In fact, at a concentration of 68 nanograms per mil in the blood sample.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2022
  • This from a guy who has made $87 mil playing golf on the PGA Tour.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 18 May 2022
  • The first Avatar made $77 mil in its first week, but went on to become the highest-grossing film of all time.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2025
  • This was originally pitched as like a 21 ish million dollar project with a few mil leftover as his backup funds.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Bidding a couple mil on a 1930s Packard at auction, for instance, is a sure way to stand out.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Sure, your phone might suffice in certain applications, but nothing can replace a mil-spec flashlight.
    — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Thirty-plus mil a season and $100 million guaranteed for a corner?
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • That’s $5 mil more than what Melania reportedly cost, so things are looking up for ol’ Bezos.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Definitely no unsupervised access for your mil again.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Spooky summer is in full effect, with Obsession rising to end the weekend at number 2 with $19 mil in its fifth week in theaters.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 June 2026
  • The laminator’s capacity refers to the gauge or thickness of the plastic film, measured in mils, that the laminator is able to handle.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2025
  • At number 2 this weekend was Disclosure Day, which saw another $17 mil of business in its second week.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 June 2026
  • Cracking through a towering mil hojas was the final kiss of a thoroughly sensorial experience from start to finish.
    — Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Instead, the film only did $38 domestically and a whopping $45 mil overseas.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Breaking the data down further, the number of transfer fees in the 30 million to 40 million euro range (roughly $35 mil.
    — Steve Price, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • At least 10 football coaches make $10 million a year, topped by Georgia’s Kirby Smart at $13 mil-plus.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Earlier this year, CBS Sacramento reported the city of Davis was also forced to pay $24 mil.
    — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • This apartment is a rare two-bedroom condo listed for under $1 million in Lincoln Square (the other two under-a-mil options are both co-ops with higher monthly fees).
    — Jenny Xie, Curbed, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Internationally, the film took in another $46 million, making a worldwide total of $109 mil.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2025
  • While not official dark skies, there is an effort to get three places in the Driftless region within about 15 mils of each other in Vernon County designated as dark sky areas.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2023
  • That could be because Kpop Demon Hunters didn’t play in AMC Theaters, whereas AMC brought in $15 mil for the Duffers.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The spill occurred on Highway 84, less than a quarter mil radius from the hospital’s facility, which serves as a critical care facility for the rural Southeast Georgia community.
    — Stephanie Toone, ajc, 2 June 2020
  • Sinners’s $369 million global take was certainly impressive, but so was One Battle After Another’s $210 mil.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026

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