natural gas
noun
1
: gas issuing from the earth's crust through natural openings or bored wells
especially
: a combustible mixture of methane and other hydrocarbons used chiefly as a fuel and raw material
2
: gas manufactured from organic matter (such as coal)
Examples of natural gas in a Sentence
a house heated by natural gas
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Each of us should look for opportunities to reduce our consumption of natural gas.
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
Executives insist that the company will continue to invest in oil and, at the same time, sharply increase output of natural gas.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 29 May 2024
The year-on-year decline in price growth was largely driven by a 12% drop in the UK’s energy price cap, a mechanism designed to protect consumers from sharp moves in natural gas and electricity costs.
—Tom Rees, Fortune Europe, 22 May 2024
Texas has also become a hotbed for bitcoin mining, adding to electricity demand, as the state’s deregulated power market and abundance of cheap natural gas became attractive to the energy-intensive sector.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 18 May 2024
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
Executives insist that the company will continue to invest in oil and, at the same time, sharply increase output of natural gas.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 29 May 2024
The year-on-year decline in price growth was largely driven by a 12% drop in the UK’s energy price cap, a mechanism designed to protect consumers from sharp moves in natural gas and electricity costs.
—Tom Rees, Fortune Europe, 22 May 2024
Texas has also become a hotbed for bitcoin mining, adding to electricity demand, as the state’s deregulated power market and abundance of cheap natural gas became attractive to the energy-intensive sector.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 18 May 2024
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“Natural gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20gas. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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