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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 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

Instead, she personally inspected every public convenience in north London.

From The Guardian • Apr. 7, 2013

"We know by experience that your Excellency does not allow any considerations of public convenience to influence you in such cases," said the Burgomaster, sharply.

From No Surrender by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)




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