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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Kirchner’s popularity, in the meantime, had plummeted, owing to corruption scandals and a weak economy.
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Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The typical wait time to speak with a live agent diminished, and the quality of service was higher owing to more consistent responses across the various channels.
—Ashish Garg, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Like most other public amenities, in the early and mid-20th Century, many National and State Parks were long off-limits to Black people owing to Jim Crow laws.
—Jerel Ezell, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
Rooms on floors one through six are considered garden views, owing to the thick canopy of palm trees that grow in the courtyard, while those on floors seven to 12 have ocean views.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2025
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Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The typical wait time to speak with a live agent diminished, and the quality of service was higher owing to more consistent responses across the various channels.
—Ashish Garg, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Like most other public amenities, in the early and mid-20th Century, many National and State Parks were long off-limits to Black people owing to Jim Crow laws.
—Jerel Ezell, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
Rooms on floors one through six are considered garden views, owing to the thick canopy of palm trees that grow in the courtyard, while those on floors seven to 12 have ocean views.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Owing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/owing%20to. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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