- plural of utility.
utilities
Example Sentences
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Debaste, a 40-year-old single mother who works a low-pay office job, ran up a large bill on utilities, transportation, groceries and medicine.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Producers are hanging their hopes on utilities, which just got permission to count green hydrogen they burn toward renewable energy targets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Find insight on oil futures, E.ON, Channel Infrastructure and more in the latest Market Talks covering energy and utilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The data centers and infrastructure built to support these technological advances will strain our utilities.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
But I leave the utilities behind because you can’t build houses and hotels on them and I like to build houses and hotels.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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