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 Another example is the tzatziki, which is unique owing to the inclusion of kefir cheese. Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025 At Paris, Sjostrom was heavily favored to win the gold medal in the 50 free owing to her silver medal performance in Tokyo. Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 Anger about England's polluted rivers grows when rowers in the Oxford vs. Cambridge Boat Race are warned not to enter the Thames owing to high levels of E. coli; several rowers claim to have fallen ill. The Week Uk, theweek, 25 Dec. 2024 Houston’s Rothko Chapel, which houses fourteen site-specific black murals by American abstract painter Mark Rothko, reopened to the public today after being forced to shutter this past summer owing to the havoc wrought by Hurricane Beryl. News Desk, Artforum, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for owing to 

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“Owing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owing%20to. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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