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public convenience

[puhb-lik kuhn-veen-yuhns] / ˈpʌb lɪk kənˈvin yəns /


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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

Traffic has grown with the growth of villages and townships along these fifty-two miles, and sport and public convenience are on the highway antipathetic.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)