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 People commonly seek medical care abroad owing to lower costs, culturally familiar providers, or procedures that are unavailable or not approved in the United States. Mariam Sunny, USA Today, 3 June 2026 Perhaps owing to the obscurity of the ACM, its potential fate received less attention than the broadsides delivered against the NMAAHC. Camille Borders, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 In a fixture played at Feyenoord’s De Kuip home, owing to the fact the larger Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam is currently hosting Harry Styles’ world tour, there were the usual banks of orange clothing that will become familiar on the streets of Dallas, Houston and Kansas City. Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 3 June 2026 Perhaps one of the more popular comeback stories in tennis, Martina Hingis first retired at 22 years old back in 2003, owing to some persistent ankle and hip injuries. Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for owing to
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  • The funding will also help pay for the replacement of a large drainage culvert near Sierra College Boulevard on English Colony Way at Clover Valley Creek, along with the construction of a new bridge and roadway improvements on Garden Bar Road at Doty Ravine.
    Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
  • Sowah, along with her husband Joshua Sowah, made a YouTube channel earlier this season documenting their time trying different restaurants across the Bay Area.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
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  • The Eagle County Sheriff’s Office ordered anyone between Crooked Creek Pass and the county line to evacuate because of the Thomasville Fire.
    Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
  • For a few species, that condition was not entirely in spite of but because of Native Americans, who set fire to the landscape to clear brush, to stimulate new and vigorous growth, and to improve the ease of movement and hunting.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

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“Owing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owing%20to. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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