Distance is about vs Distance is from '' to '' is about

The phrase 'distance is about' is correct and commonly used in English. On the other hand, 'distance is from...to... is about' is not a standard construction in English and sounds awkward. It is better to use the simpler form without 'from...to...'.

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Distance is about

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate an approximate distance or to talk about the concept of distance in general.

Examples:

The distance is about 10 kilometers.
The distance between the two cities is about 200 miles.
The distance to the nearest gas station is about 5 miles.
The distance from New York to Los Angeles is about 2,500 miles.
What's the distance to the airport? - It's about 15 minutes by car.

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The distance is about 563 km.
The distance of the drop is about 18 feet, which will give the falling asteroid a speed of 37 miles per hour.
The maximum efficient distance for regeneration is only about one centimeter.
They were shot from a distance of about 200 yards.
What we're using for this today is a 12-gauge Model 1100 Remington shotgun at a distance of about 35 yards.
The values only return to normal (about 0.2 V/m) at a distance of about one metre.
Basically they were able to light a 60 watt light bulb at a distance of about two meters.
And let me tell you about the distance.
On the phone, long distance, with Stanford about new specialists.
Anyhow. He's doing a show about long distance relationships next Sunday.
Secondly, she talks about a distance of three metres from waterways.
Let's be cool and keep our distance, asking about each other's well-being once in a while.
"The ship was sailing very close to the coast, we need to talk about distance," Italian Socialist Debora Serracchiani said.
The European Commission should set up guidelines for this purpose, because it is about time we knew exactly what a safe distance is.
So what happens is that in a way you have a much bigger lung, but it branches and branches down to distances about the same for a whale, for a man and for a little rodent.
Honey, look, the thing about long-distance relationships is that sometimes they... Never work.
Now, I want to talk about stopping distances, we touched on this when we were in Australia last week.
Now we're talking about subnuclear distances a thousand times smaller than an atomic nucleus.
The distances beyond Mars are about to get much, much larger.
This can transport a small payload today, about two kilograms, over a short distance, about 10 kilometers, but it's part of a wider network that May cover the entire country, maybe even the entire continent.

Alternatives:

The distance is approximately
The distance is roughly
The distance is around
The distance is close to
The distance is nearly

Distance is from '' to '' is about

This phrase is not a standard construction in English and sounds awkward.

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The distance is about 563 km.
The European Commission should set up guidelines for this purpose, because it is about time we knew exactly what a safe distance is.
the numbering of the heading 'BELGIUM - SLOVENIA' is changed from '20' to '22' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
the numbering of the heading 'CZECH REPUBLIC - DENMARK' is changed from '25' to '52' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
the numbering of the heading 'CZECH REPUBLIC - SLOVENIA' is changed from '43' to '71' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
the numbering of the heading 'DENMARK - SLOVENIA' is changed from '65' to '94' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
the numbering of the heading 'GERMANY - SLOVENIA' is changed from '86' to '116' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
the numbering of the heading 'ESTONIA - SLOVENIA' is changed from '106' to '137' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
the numbering of the heading 'GREECE - SLOVENIA' is changed from '125' to '157' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
the numbering of the heading 'SPAIN - SLOVENIA' is changed from '143' to '176' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
the numbering of the heading 'ITALY - SLOVENIA' is changed from '191' to '227' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
the numbering of the heading 'CYPRUS - SLOVENIA' is changed from '205' to '242' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
the numbering of the heading 'LUXEMBOURG - SLOVENIA' is changed from '241' to '281' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
the numbering of the heading 'HUNGARY - SLOVENIA' is changed from '251' to '292' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
the numbering of the heading 'MALTA - SLOVENIA' is changed from '260' to '302' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
the numbering of the heading 'NETHERLANDS - SLOVENIA' is changed from '268' to '311' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
(xl) the numbering of the heading 'AUSTRIA - SLOVENIA' is changed from '275' to '319' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
(xlii) the numbering of the heading 'POLAND - SLOVENIA' is changed from '281' to '326' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
(xliv) the numbering of the heading 'PORTUGAL - SLOVENIA' is changed from '286' to '332' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:
(xlvi) the numbering of the heading 'SLOVENIA - SLOVAKIA' is changed from '291' to '342' and the subsequent headings are renumbered as follows:

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