owing to

preposition

: because of
absent owing to illness

Examples of owing to in a Sentence

She walks with a limp owing to a childhood injury. owing to the extra snow days this year, we'll have to run an additional two days into June
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The operating margin for the September quarter is expected to be in the range of 9% to 11%, owing to reduction in non-fuel unit cost. Ankita Dhawan, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025 Early in a five-on-five drill, DeVries gathers the Hoosiers at one end of the floor and — quietly, likely owing to who’s in the audience — more or less tells his team to pick up its energy and get its act together. Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 11 July 2025 But areas around the Guadalupe River have also long been prone to flash flooding, owing to the rugged terrain and the river’s non-absorbent limestone bed. Michelle Krupa, CNN Money, 7 July 2025 Compare that to the Tesla Model 3, which, under ideal circumstances, can juice up by about 175 miles (280 km) in a 15-minute stop, owing to a maximum capacity of 250 kW on its network of Superchargers. New Atlas, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for owing to

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1625, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of owing to was circa 1625

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“Owing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/owing%20to. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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owing to

preposition
: because of
absent owing to illness

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