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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In his testimony, Norwood argues that Entergy failed to consider other less costly options for its generating project in Jefferson County, namely converting the already-existing White Bluff facility to burn natural gas.
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Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, the sheer magnitude of America’s natural gas resource has enabled drillers to quickly overwhelm temporary spikes in prices by activating a number of additional drillings and driving prices back down with higher production volumes.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
On top of the ongoing risks in oil and natural gas markets, the world is facing new and emerging energy security hazards that governments must address.
—Fatih Birol, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
New natural gas plants are being delayed until the 2030s because of a 50-month backlog for natural gas turbines, and new nuclear power plants can take more than a decade to get off the ground.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, the sheer magnitude of America’s natural gas resource has enabled drillers to quickly overwhelm temporary spikes in prices by activating a number of additional drillings and driving prices back down with higher production volumes.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
On top of the ongoing risks in oil and natural gas markets, the world is facing new and emerging energy security hazards that governments must address.
—Fatih Birol, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
New natural gas plants are being delayed until the 2030s because of a 50-month backlog for natural gas turbines, and new nuclear power plants can take more than a decade to get off the ground.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 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 13 Sep. 2025.
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