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 It’s grappled with an astronomical suicide rate, particularly among the male population, owing to socioeconomic factors. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 30 Nov. 2024 But in the past two decades, periodic resentment of the group has sharpened into more widespread hatred, owing to an increasing number of events linked to Hezbollah even before this hugely destructive war, which many Lebanese see as unnecessary. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2024 There are some companies that, owing to their size and history, are almost impossible to separate from their home country, said Michael Rasch in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Zürich). The Week Uk, theweek, 10 Nov. 2024 However, owing to Trump's position in the swing states, his forecast shows that Harris has a 44 percent chance of winning the Electoral College to Trump's 55 percent chance. Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 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 Dec. 2024.

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