as in unpaid
not yet paid there's one bill still owing

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Recent Examples of owing However, authorities then accused Rappler of owing taxes on that transaction. Jason Gutierrez, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023 However, the authorities then accused Rappler of owing taxes on that transaction. Mike Ives, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023 Imagine owing, say, $40,000 on a credit card, and being charged, say, 20% on it —many people owe more than that, and many cards charge more than that, too. Dallas News, 20 Nov. 2022 But her years in office were marked with both personal tragedy – her son Sanjay died shortly into her second stint – and turbulence, owing, in part, to a war with Pakistan, droughts, famine and an economic crisis. Rhea Mogul, CNN, 19 Oct. 2022 The proposition before this house is the principle of owing reparations ... Nikhil Kumar, CNN, 11 Sep. 2022 And that would mean owing hundreds of dollars for most borrowers. Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022 But they can still be evicted for other reasons, such as causing a nuisance or owing rent beyond what the assistance covered. Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 5 July 2022 Despite publicly accusing Ver of owing CoinFLEX $47 million in debt, Lamb remains optimistic about the industry overall. Taylor Locke, Fortune, 28 June 2022
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  • In some cases, lawyers said students had their legal statuses altered for minor traffic violations, such as unpaid parking tickets.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • The unpaid toll messages are part of a group of scams, known as smishing scams, that target victims with text messages seeking to convince them to click a malicious link or provide sensitive information.
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 14 May 2025
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  • The Wall Street investment bank estimated that Berkshire’s T-bill position has more than doubled over the past year, adding that the $314 billion stake as of the end of March accounted for 5% of all outstanding short-term government bills.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 11 May 2025
  • Like every successful side in these early years of the World Cup, Uruguay 1950 had an outstanding centre-half in Varela, who was physically dominant and also a key attacking weapon.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 May 2025

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“Owing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owing. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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