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Examples of owing to in a Sentence
She walks with a limp owing to a childhood injury.
owing to the extra snow days this year, we'll have to run an additional two days into June
Recent Examples on the Web
However, owing to Trump's position in the swing states, his forecast shows that Harris has a 44 percent chance of winning the Electoral College to Trump's 55 percent chance.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
The day before that, trading on the stock was halted five times owing to excess volatility.
—Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
Ten Hag was on the hot seat at the end of last season owing to the team’s eighth-place EPL finish, but the club decided to retain him, in part because of Man United’s victory over crosstown rival Manchester City in England’s FA Cup final.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Whether owing to pandemic fatigue or to overworn slogans about Obamacare repeal and Medicare for All, health care has been less central to this election than to any in a generation.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1625, in the meaning defined above
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“Owing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/owing%20to. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
owing to
preposition
: because of
absent owing to illness
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