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 country retains a colonial charm owing to Spanish and Portuguese settlers.
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Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Dynamic’s first game was against the vaunted Montverde, and his squad jumped out to an early 12–2 lead, largely owing to the players’ defensive effort.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Recession fears have tempered in recent weeks, owing to a pause in the U.S.-China trade dispute and a recovery in the stock market.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
But while Greenland does boast 18% of the world’s total rare earth reserves, accessing them is extremely problematic, owing to freezing temperatures and a thick layer of silica.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 June 2025
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Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Dynamic’s first game was against the vaunted Montverde, and his squad jumped out to an early 12–2 lead, largely owing to the players’ defensive effort.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Recession fears have tempered in recent weeks, owing to a pause in the U.S.-China trade dispute and a recovery in the stock market.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
But while Greenland does boast 18% of the world’s total rare earth reserves, accessing them is extremely problematic, owing to freezing temperatures and a thick layer of silica.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 June 2025
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“Owing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/owing%20to. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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