How to Use therm in a Sentence

therm

noun
  • These calculations apply to customers who use 31 therms a month.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2025
  • April’s commodity price of 43 cents per therm represents a return to a more normal price range.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The top rate for electricity is more than 40 cents per kilowatt hour, which equates to nearly $12 per therm of heat.
    — WSJ, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The commodity price of natural gas plays the biggest part of the overall cost per therm that utility customers pay.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022
  • If someone’s usage was 10 therms of gas, the meter recorded 20 therms, according to the filing.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Its customers are paying 42 cents per therm for gas in January, a 50% year-over-year increase in supply costs.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Nicor Gas customers are paying 42 cents per therm in January, a 50% year-over-year increase in supply costs.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • At Nicor Gas, the price was 63 cents per therm in October — the lowest natural gas prices in the Chicago area.
    — Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • At North Shore Gas, supply prices are 53 cents per therm in January, an 18% year-over-year increase.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Customers’ bills are structured through a per therm rate multiplied by the number of therms used, according to NIPSCO.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Residential customers with natural gas hookups will pay just under $2 more for using 33 therms during the winter months, compared to 2025.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Aliyev won his fourth therm in an election boycotted by major opposition parties, who accused him of authoritarianism and suppressing political dissent.
    — Collin Eaton, Houston Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Piedmont reported the average residential customer actually used slightly less natural gas in January, about 104 therms, compared with 111 therms in January 2024.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026

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