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How do you say this in a non-colloquial way??? I can't for the life of me come up with another word or phrase that means precisely the same thing. I almost suspect there ISN'T a commonly used word for it - if that is so, is it acceptable to describe distance "as the crow flies" in a formal document?
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Is "linear distance" a phrase that's used? Or "linear miles"? I've never heard of them, but that clearly doesn't mean much.
The specific context is that something has to be within 55 km of a certain point - as the crow flies, not driving distance. What about "aerial distance"? All these options sound funny to me...
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I've mostly read "Within a 55 km radius of". This means linear distance and never driving or meandering distance.
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