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
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The Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta got an exemption, owing to the sheer physical challenge of covering the sign, but other cities were aggrieved and considered also refusing to do so until being reminded of their contracts.
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Adam Crafton, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Schwartz explained to me that this time around, the understructure of the bridge was rebuilt but (owing to the Landmarks designation) had to maintain its late-19th-century appearance.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 10 June 2026
The schools that do this will almost certainly be in the South and the Southwest, the two regions that face the least amount of demographic decline, in large part owing to their growing Latino populations.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
Its first attempt at an AI offering—Apple Intelligence, released in October 2024—was widely considered a misstep owing to several feature delays and what was seen as overpromising on capabilities that were not ready for launch.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 June 2026
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Adam Crafton, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Schwartz explained to me that this time around, the understructure of the bridge was rebuilt but (owing to the Landmarks designation) had to maintain its late-19th-century appearance.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 10 June 2026
The schools that do this will almost certainly be in the South and the Southwest, the two regions that face the least amount of demographic decline, in large part owing to their growing Latino populations.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
Its first attempt at an AI offering—Apple Intelligence, released in October 2024—was widely considered a misstep owing to several feature delays and what was seen as overpromising on capabilities that were not ready for launch.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 June 2026
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“Owing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/owing%20to. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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