Thesaurus results for OWING TO

owing to

preposition

Definition of owing to next

as in with

as the result of owing to the extra snow days this year, we'll have to run an additional two days into June

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Recent Examples of owing to House Bill 1112 would require retailers to round up or round down prices when giving change, owing to the demise of the penny. —

Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026 His death, and the deaths of many others who were convinced to remain unvaccinated, might be as much owing to the narratives they were told as to the virus itself. —

Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026 Keeping Cough Keeping Cough is a pertussis infection caused by holding in a productive cough owing to the fear of being perceived as having some form of coronavirus. —

Alexis Wilkinson, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 Adjusted for inflation, that number comes to roughly $12 million in today's dollars; the ring is arguably priceless, however, owing to its provenance. —

Emma Banks, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for owing to

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As Tilly walks the streets of London, poses for selfies, signs autographs, appears on talk shows, performs live in front of enormous audiences, interacts with photographers, we are reminded that Tilly could never do any of this.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Harris has promised moderation and a focus on the district's problems, contrasting himself with Greene's bomb-throwing style.

— JEFF AMY AND SOPHIE BATES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2026