public convenience
Example Sentences
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had allowed the company’s project to move forward in 2018 by granting PennEast a so-called certificate of public convenience and necessity, but lawsuits followed.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2021
The public convenience had not been used for years and the previous owner had bought it from Hackney council, Ellis said.
From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2017
The board decided that the pipeline met the requirements of Iowa law requiring it to “promote the public convenience and necessity.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2016
According to Google Trends, the expression "public convenience" is not often used these days, and then only in the UK and US.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2015
It is not probable, however, that the Government would refuse to build any line that would clearly subserve public, convenience, the conduct of the postal service negativing such a supposition....
From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
