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  • present participle of owe.
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owing

[oh-ing] / ˈoʊ ɪŋ /


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Price rises, driven by the higher cost of gas, may have a relatively limited impact owing to warm weather and lower energy use during the summer months.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

More significant, the five Justices went further and held that the Fed has unique status as an independent agency in the government owing to its role in monetary policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

A knock-on effect of this would be a deterioration of the problems already ongoing in the private-credit space, wherein many investor redemption requests could not be fulfilled owing to liquidity constraints.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

The dollar has also been boosted by the sustained outperformance of the U.S. economy owing to the ongoing AI capex boom.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

It was owing to him, to his reserve and want of proper consideration, that Wickham’s character had been so misunderstood, and consequently that he had been received and noticed as he was.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen




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