Thesaurus results for OWING TO

owing to

preposition

Definition of owing to

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 The latter two companies’ platforms, by policy, do not allow campaign or other political ads, in Meta’s case largely owing to fallout from the Cambridge Analytica Facebook scandal during the 2016 election. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026 One show in Paris has been rescheduled owing to planned transport disruption slated for July 24. — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026 Jones regularly points out the calamitous environmental consequences of farming practices that produce some of the highest concentrations of nitrates in the country, primarily owing to agricultural runoff, and argues for a stronger government hand. — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 The Caravan Salon variant included one of the brand's best signature features, but it was all closed up on the show floor owing to lack of space. — New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for owing to

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However, Eisenkot has ruled out a coalition with the Arab parties, only one of which (the conservative-Islamist Ra’am) has ever agreed to join an Israeli government (briefly in 2021).

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Oct. 2026
In a statement posted to Facebook, the Wichita Police Department asked anyone with video of the incident to upload it so investigators could take a look.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026

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Measles usually kills two or three people in every 1,000 cases, the WHO says, but the disease can be more deadly in poorer nations because of factors such as malnutrition.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Advertisement Some may hesitate to perform CPR because of legal concerns over causing injury—like rib fractures—while administering CPR, but every state has Good Samaritan laws providing protections to people who render emergency aid in good faith.

— Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026

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