Examples of Btu in a Sentence
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Any Btu less than 40,000 is more for show than for heating.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Average energy use is highest in single-family houses (80.9M Btu), followed by mobile homes (61.3M Btu), apartments with 2-4 units (53.5M Btu) and apartments with 5+ units in the building (33.7M Btu).
—Rob Lewallen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Note that inventory levels in the graphic below are 23% below the levels of a year ago, when inventories were at the top of the five-year range and Henry Hub natural gas spot prices were below $2 per million Btu.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
That’s a ratio of cooling capacity, measured in British thermal units per hour (Btu/h), to the power input in watts (W).
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2023
Using radiant infrared heat, this Duraflame pumps out some serious Btu (British thermal units).
—Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 June 2023
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Average energy use is highest in single-family houses (80.9M Btu), followed by mobile homes (61.3M Btu), apartments with 2-4 units (53.5M Btu) and apartments with 5+ units in the building (33.7M Btu).
—Rob Lewallen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Note that inventory levels in the graphic below are 23% below the levels of a year ago, when inventories were at the top of the five-year range and Henry Hub natural gas spot prices were below $2 per million Btu.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
That’s a ratio of cooling capacity, measured in British thermal units per hour (Btu/h), to the power input in watts (W).
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2023
Using radiant infrared heat, this Duraflame pumps out some serious Btu (British thermal units).
—Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 June 2023
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“Btu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Btu. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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