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The phrase "about twenty miles" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when providing an approximate distance in a conversation or written context.
Example: "The nearest gas station is about twenty miles from here."
Alternatives: "approximately twenty miles" or "roughly twenty miles".
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(In fourteen hours we traveled about twenty miles).
Most of them were from Tabqa, a city about twenty miles to the west.
My family used to have a cabin on the mountain called Jahorina, about twenty miles from Sarajevo.
"Later, I became head of the art department of the normal school in Canyon, about twenty miles away.
By Aleksandar Hemon My family used to have a cabin on the mountain called Jahorina, about twenty miles from Sarajevo.
The absurdly low speed limit of about twenty miles per hour is strictly enforced, as is a public smoking ban.
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