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 This may have been owing to the influence of her brother, now not only a celebrated writer but also a celebrated patriot. Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025 Analysts at Bank of America’s wrote in a report on Monday that Tesla’s new vehicle sales plummeted about 50% in Europe in January from a year earlier, partly owing to growing distaste for the brand. Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025 The judicial system has yet to play a clear role in investigating, charging, or prosecuting those who have been arrested in connection with the previous regime’s crimes, primarily owing to a lack of laws related to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Patrick Vinck, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025 However, the decadeslong trend has been for pharmaceutical manufacturers to gradually relocate outside the U.S., mainly owing to lower operating and labor costs. Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 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 3 Apr. 2025.

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