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
The index notched a record 63 new all-time highs along the way, owing to a steady march higher over the year’s final seven months.
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Stephanie Hughes, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
The Eighteenth Istanbul Biennial has ended two years ahead of schedule owing to the departure of its curator, Christine Tohmé.
—News Desk, Artforum, 31 Dec. 2025
The project was ultimately abandoned owing to mounting cost overruns; South Carolinians are still paying for it with their energy bills.
—Nick Bowlin, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Challenger’s report does not typically carry the same weight with economists and investors as federal jobs data, owing to its methodology.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
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Stephanie Hughes, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
The Eighteenth Istanbul Biennial has ended two years ahead of schedule owing to the departure of its curator, Christine Tohmé.
—News Desk, Artforum, 31 Dec. 2025
The project was ultimately abandoned owing to mounting cost overruns; South Carolinians are still paying for it with their energy bills.
—Nick Bowlin, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Challenger’s report does not typically carry the same weight with economists and investors as federal jobs data, owing to its methodology.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
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Her debut poetry collection is forthcoming with House of Anansi in April 2027 and her book of co-translated poems JAWS by Xitlalitl Rodríguez Mendoza is forthcoming with Cardboard House Press in April 2026.—
© Adri Montes,
Hazlitt,
11 Jan. 2026
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Jackson Thompson is a sports reporter for Fox News Digital covering critical political and cultural issues in sports, with an investigative lens.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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The Chicago Tribune estimates the Guard deployment that never happened because of court action cost taxpayers $19 million.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Jan. 2026
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Yet this might be the league’s most attractive opening, because of young building blocks in Jaxson Dart, Cam Skattebo, Malik Nabers and Abdul Carter — all on rookie contracts — who pair with an offensive line that’s above-average, so long as left tackle Andrew Thomas is healthy.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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