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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Villa might yet finish sixth and take a Champions League place via winning the Europa League, but fourth place for Unai Emery’s side would not see the side coming sixth benefit owing to the complexities of UEFA’s European Performance Spots (EPS) system.
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Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 May 2026
But the hearings were postponed, possibly owing to the case’s scale and complexity.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Although the theatrical release has been widely successful, there has been some backlash to the event amongst fans of the show, largely owing to the time window.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 11 May 2026
GoodFellas has held up perfectly over the past three decades, partially owing to how much of what followed has tried to hollowly repeat it.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 11 May 2026
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Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 May 2026
But the hearings were postponed, possibly owing to the case’s scale and complexity.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Although the theatrical release has been widely successful, there has been some backlash to the event amongst fans of the show, largely owing to the time window.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 11 May 2026
GoodFellas has held up perfectly over the past three decades, partially owing to how much of what followed has tried to hollowly repeat it.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 11 May 2026
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“Owing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/owing%20to. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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