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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Cabo Delgado has large offshore natural gas reserves, and the insurgency caused the suspension of a $20 billion extraction project by French company TotalEnergies in 2021.
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Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Logo of Aramco, officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Group, Saudi petroleum and natural gas company, seen on the second day of the 24th World Petroleum Congress at the Big 4 Building at Stampede Park, on September 18, 2023, in Calgary, Canada.
—Natasha Turak,ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2025
Businesses and residences alike must be able to tap into multiple reliable sources of energy — including traditional sources like natural gas as renewables are slowly built up — and not be forced to navigate the uncertainty that would come from choking off the power.
—Linda Baran, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
The decrease in earnings from the natural gas pipelines was primarily caused by higher interest expense, decreased margin, and lower other income.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Logo of Aramco, officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Group, Saudi petroleum and natural gas company, seen on the second day of the 24th World Petroleum Congress at the Big 4 Building at Stampede Park, on September 18, 2023, in Calgary, Canada.
—Natasha Turak,ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2025
Businesses and residences alike must be able to tap into multiple reliable sources of energy — including traditional sources like natural gas as renewables are slowly built up — and not be forced to navigate the uncertainty that would come from choking off the power.
—Linda Baran, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
The decrease in earnings from the natural gas pipelines was primarily caused by higher interest expense, decreased margin, and lower other income.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for natural gas
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“Natural gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20gas. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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