owing
Example Sentences
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He is seeking unspecified damages in addition to not owing the Bulldogs anything.
From Los Angeles Times
However, other figures did provide some cause for thought, with a gauge of consumer spending falling for a fifth successive month to its lowest level since February 2021 owing to worries about jobs.
From Barron's
Most companies aren’t cutting workers en masse, but they also aren’t hiring at a brisk pace owing to a variety of concerns, including uncertainty over how tariffs will affect their bottom lines.
The commitment also illustrates how U.S. policy toward Taiwan tends to vary little between administrations, owing to strong support in Congress and the American military establishment.
Lagarde herself told the European Parliament in December that she saw "two-sided" risks when it came to inflation, adding that uncertainty "was higher than usual owing to volatile global trade policies".
From Barron's
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