owing to

preposition

Synonyms of owing tonext
: 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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Several software stocks, such as ServiceNow , Salesforce and Workday showed up, all of them hard hit last week amid the slump in the group owing to concerns that artificial intelligence will erode their business. Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026 Accesibilty Nine of the 10 rooms at the Farmhouse are ADA compliant; the one exception has two steps to negotiate, owing to the historic nature of the original building, Schloop told T+L during a tour of the property. Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026 Emanate’s thesis holds that these businesses are leaving billions on the table owing to reliance on manual processes. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026 The notion of other abusers arose later, largely owing to explosive allegations first made in 2014 by Virginia Giuffre. Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026 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 14 Feb. 2026.

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owing to

preposition
: because of
absent owing to illness

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