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

These days Kelty has far greater resources to work with, owing to GM’s large battery R&D team and the ability to make prototype cells in-house. —Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2025

There hasn’t historically been much overlap between American and Chinese social platforms, owing to the longtime technological decoupling between the nations, and for both sides, this sort of interaction is new. —Steffi Cao, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025

The city’s 3-K program, for three-year-olds, is not yet universal, owing to Mayor Eric Adams’s budget austerity; his latest budget proposal leaves 3-K with a funding gap of a hundred and twelve million dollars. —Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025

This is true enough as China struggled in 2024 owing to economic concerns and a lack of major local blockbuster drivers, among other issues. —Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1625, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

owing to

preposition

: because of

absent owing to illness