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
Between 2017 and 2021, the United States levied a number of restrictions against Huawei, asserting that the telecommunications company was a national security threat owing to its close relationship with the CCP and history of industrial espionage.
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
The wandering solar system body was later classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) owing to its size/brightness and orbit, which give it the potential to one day make a threateningly close approach to Earth.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The natural rate of decline in output from the world's oil and gas fields is speeding up, owing to more reliance on shale and deep offshore resources, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.
—Seher Dareen, Reuters, 15 Sep. 2025
Some of this is owing to the script, courtesy of first-time screenwriter Raffi Donatich.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
The wandering solar system body was later classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) owing to its size/brightness and orbit, which give it the potential to one day make a threateningly close approach to Earth.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The natural rate of decline in output from the world's oil and gas fields is speeding up, owing to more reliance on shale and deep offshore resources, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.
—Seher Dareen, Reuters, 15 Sep. 2025
Some of this is owing to the script, courtesy of first-time screenwriter Raffi Donatich.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for owing to
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Detectives will not be able to assist people with previous cases since the law is not retroactive, the release states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Oct. 2025
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In the end, Republicans − as the party in power typically does − argue that Congress shouldn't be using a shutdown as leverage to fight over policy, a position that Democrats − as the party out of power often does − disagree with.—
Todd Spangler,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The scouts acknowledge that, because of his youth and inexperience, Sarr initially was thought of, and still should be thought of, as a long-term developmental project.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The store on Buckeye Avenue, also known as Eisenhower Memorial Highway, sits across the street and railroad tracks from the presidential museum, currently closed because of the government shutdown.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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