two-mile distance vs two miles' distance

Both 'two-mile distance' and 'two miles' distance' are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Two-mile distance' is used to describe a distance of two miles, while 'two miles' distance' is used to indicate the distance belonging to two miles. The choice between them depends on whether you are describing the distance itself or indicating the ownership of the distance.

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two-mile distance

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe a distance of two miles.

This phrase is used to describe a distance that is two miles long. It is a compound noun where 'two-mile' acts as an adjective describing the distance.

Examples:

The two-mile distance seemed longer on foot.
The race covered a two-mile distance around the park.
The two-mile distance between the two towns was easily covered by car.
She measured the two-mile distance using a GPS device.
The two-mile distance was marked by a series of signs along the trail.

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The name Domegge is of Roman derivation - probably from duo milia, or "two miles", the distance between the village and the military presidio of Pieve - while the town's Patron Saint George suggests it was a Longobard settlement.
And determining distance, two miles.
Its distance from Athens is twenty-two miles.
Now a wasp will forage approximately four times per day, venturing a distance of maybe two miles from the nest.
The Athenian line was two miles in length, and about that distance from the sea shore.
By far the most popular form of the sport is the racing of mounted THOROUGHBRED horses over flat courses at distances from three-quarters of a mile to two miles.
The direct distance from you is thirty-two miles across the bay.
A plywood tube ran from the Zero island, across the causeways, to a detection station on the farthest island, a distance of nearly two miles.

Alternatives:

a two-mile distance
the two-mile distance
this two-mile distance
that two-mile distance
your two-mile distance

two miles' distance

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate the distance belonging to two miles.

This phrase is used to show that the distance belongs to or is associated with two miles. The possessive form 'miles'' indicates ownership or association.

Examples:

We walked the two miles' distance to the beach.
The two miles' distance was covered in less than an hour.
He measured the two miles' distance using a measuring wheel.
The two miles' distance between the two cities was easily covered by train.
She calculated the two miles' distance on the map.

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And determining distance, two miles.
Its distance from Athens is twenty-two miles.
Now a wasp will forage approximately four times per day, venturing a distance of maybe two miles from the nest.
The Athenian line was two miles in length, and about that distance from the sea shore.
By far the most popular form of the sport is the racing of mounted THOROUGHBRED horses over flat courses at distances from three-quarters of a mile to two miles.
The direct distance from you is thirty-two miles across the bay.
A plywood tube ran from the Zero island, across the causeways, to a detection station on the farthest island, a distance of nearly two miles.
The name Domegge is of Roman derivation - probably from duo milia, or "two miles", the distance between the village and the military presidio of Pieve - while the town's Patron Saint George suggests it was a Longobard settlement.
Two octopods at about two miles depth.
Approximately two miles south and closing.
Two miles down is our farm.
It is two miles from Cork Racecourse.
Name your friends within two miles.
Approximately two miles south and closing.
Found your jacket about two miles south.
Two miles down that road, paint factory.
The afternoon route was about two miles.
I walk two miles every morning and two miles every evening.
I had to walk back two miles.
Two miles or more, easy.

Alternatives:

the distance of two miles
a distance of two miles
this distance of two miles
that distance of two miles
your distance of two miles

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