public utility
noun
: a business organization (such as an electric company) performing a public service and subject to special governmental regulation
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Yet structural problems persist across sectors, from public utilities to banking, as hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough mask deeper dysfunction.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Early ideas for the signs between Coast Walk Trail and Whale View Point include maps providing the names of locations and the distance to other landmarks or public utilities, along with information about the landmarks and the animals and plant life in the area.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
This is one key reason why public utilities, which are directly responsible to voters and taxpayers, have a better track record of keeping the power flowing.
—Mike Shriberg, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
Republicans want to ban rate increases for some public utilities during November, December, January or February and allow localities to designate residential areas for specifically affordable housing.
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Early ideas for the signs between Coast Walk Trail and Whale View Point include maps providing the names of locations and the distance to other landmarks or public utilities, along with information about the landmarks and the animals and plant life in the area.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
This is one key reason why public utilities, which are directly responsible to voters and taxpayers, have a better track record of keeping the power flowing.
—Mike Shriberg, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
Republicans want to ban rate increases for some public utilities during November, December, January or February and allow localities to designate residential areas for specifically affordable housing.
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for public utility
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“Public utility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20utility. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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