owing to

preposition

: because of

absent owing to illness

Synonyms

• because of
• due to
• through
• with

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Bachelet would go on to take home Star Baker, largely owing to his use of an ingredient otherwise not usually found in the tent. —Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024

The opening line has been bet down a point, owing to all the Lions’ injuries at all three defensive levels as well as recency bias from Thanksgiving when the Bears bumbled their way out of a potential upset in Motown and the Packers whomped the Dolphins. —Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024

But many of those demonstrators have since hung back, owing to political exhaustion. —E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024

He will be joined during those sections by Prince William and Princess Kate, though Kate will in turn skip the state banquet in the evening owing to her own health troubles. —Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1625, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

owing to

preposition

: because of

absent owing to illness