fossil fuel
noun
: a fuel (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains
Examples of fossil fuel in a Sentence
oil and other fossil fuels
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However, as oil production declines and fossil fuel companies increasingly become insolvent, California regulators worry taxpayers may have to assume the costs to plug these wells.
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
About 40% of the carbon dioxide emissions from cement production come from burning fossil fuels to generate the high heat needed to run the kiln.
—Alcina Johnson Sudagar, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
Supreme Court has upheld endangerment finding The Supreme Court ruled in a 2007 case that planet-warming greenhouse gases, caused by burning of oil and other fossil fuels, are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
—Matthew Daly, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
That’s not to say India isn’t still heavily reliant on planet-heating fossil fuels.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
About 40% of the carbon dioxide emissions from cement production come from burning fossil fuels to generate the high heat needed to run the kiln.
—Alcina Johnson Sudagar, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
Supreme Court has upheld endangerment finding The Supreme Court ruled in a 2007 case that planet-warming greenhouse gases, caused by burning of oil and other fossil fuels, are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
—Matthew Daly, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
That’s not to say India isn’t still heavily reliant on planet-heating fossil fuels.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fossil fuel
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“Fossil fuel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fossil%20fuel. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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