utilities

Example Sentences

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Residents who live near the affected streets have also been asked to leave as the council is turning off utilities in some properties.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

In 2025 alone, the utilities planned to spend more than $9.2 billion on preventing their equipment from sparking the next devastating wildfire, primarily funded by Californians’ electricity bills.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

But to make the case that semis are not in a typical boom-bust cycle, their argument is that “compute power is becoming infrastructure like railroads, utilities and the internet.”

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

“We expect more bond issuance in that sector because of that,” Kleinman says, adding she sees utilities as attractive nonetheless.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

After my mother used it to buy food and pay our rent and utilities, there was no money for breakfast tea, let alone alcohol.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda