Synonyms of owing to

owing to

preposition

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• with
• because of
• on account of
• due to
• through

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of owing to

The president's relationship with Zelenskyy has long been fraught, partly owing to a July 2019 phone call in which Trump pressured the Ukrainian leader to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter over the latter's position on the board of a Ukrainian energy company. —Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2025

The turn to refusal as a tactic has gained purchase over the past decade in contemporary Indigenous artistic and intellectual circles owing to the writing of Indigenous-studies scholars such as Audra Simpson and Glen Coulthard. —Christopher T. Green, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025

Locks that jam, handles that break off, doors that stick owing to swings in temperature—these lavatory failures afforded the Yosemite Valley’s go-to locksmith, Nate Vince, a measure of job security. —Brad Wieners, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025

Reif, however, sided with Koons, who had contended that Hayden, owing to his career and to his connection to Italy, should have been aware of the series—which garnered substantial press coverage at the 1990 Venice Biennale, where it was displayed—sooner. —News Desk, Artforum, 27 Feb. 2025