owing to

preposition

: because of
absent owing to illness

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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But the trailer also reveals the emotional pain and vulnerability Candy held deep within himself owing to personal ghosts and the pressures of Hollywood fame. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025 Goldman Sachs also noted a change in hiring owing to artificial intelligence in a research note Monday—but not because of displacement. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025 In 2021, most of Alvarado’s filibuster took place in the dead of night, owing to procedural delays. Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025 Estimates suggest that between 100 and 200 million Americans will have access to vaccines owing to having at least one comorbidity. Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for owing to

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1625, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of owing to was circa 1625

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“Owing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/owing%20to. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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owing to

preposition
: because of
absent owing to illness

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