owing to

Definition of owing tonext
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 Demand from outside investors was often heavy enough that employees who asked to sell got cut back to a single-digit percentage of their position, the former employee told Fortune, asking to remain anonymous owing to the nature of his work now. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 The main reason for the red headline number was a loss of 53,000 government workers, a development economists say was largely owing to seasonal factors that could get revised away. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 Programming expenses for the first half of the year were €404M compared to €496M in the same period last year, partly owing to the adjustment in how programming assets are amortized. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026 The Catalans would like to extend his terms but can’t do that until September owing to Financial Fair Play issues. Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for owing to
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  • The country had already banned unsolicited sales calls but now, companies are not allowed anymore to call their own customers with promotional offers without previous authorization.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The effort began with a concept before moving through vehicle construction, system integration and testing.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • The audit found the programme was already six to 12 months behind schedule because of construction delays and shortages of key components.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The same French word became the name for savory meat jelly, though exactly why is uncertain—possibly because of its appearance or cold, glossy character.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026

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“Owing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owing%20to. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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