owing to

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 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 Antares is among the brightest stars visible to the naked eye in the northern hemisphere and is often known as the 'heart of the scorpion', owing to its central position in the constellation Scorpius. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Its back was covered in short spikes, owing to ribs with spikes on their top surfaces. CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025 This is owing to the autonomy Emery’s triangle of power — Emery, sporting director Monchi and Vidagany — has in making sporting decisions, as well as the overall approach of the off-field management, whose key decision-makers have undergone several changes to senior positions. Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for owing to
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  • Crucially, the McG cycle links with the Calvin cycle, allowing the two systems to balance out excess molecules.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • The number of investigations is scarce not because of a lack of potential violations.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
  • On top of that, acne is notoriously hard to study because of the way acne-prone skin fluctuates.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Owing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owing%20to. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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