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owing to


owing to

prep

Definition of OWING TO

: because of <absent owing to illness>

Examples of OWING TO

  1. She walks with a limp owing to a childhood injury.
  2. <owing to the extra snow days this year, we'll have to run an additional two days into June>

First Known Use of OWING TO

1667

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