OWING TO


Meaning of OWING TO in English

preposition

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Cyanosis and flushing occur during the tonic phase, owing to the sustained contraction of respiratory muscles and cessation of breathing.

The elements may also be transformed from one into another, owing to the fundamental qualities inherent in each.

The new resource represented welcome revenue for a local government feeling a financial pinch owing to a temporary local economic downturn.

The Springboks had to make a major alteration at half-time owing to an injury to Van Straaten.

The stellar sphere, owing to its vast distance from earth, needed no epicycles because its movement appeared regular and unchanging.

Wild fluctuations in brain activity owing to changing environmental conditions would thus put the rest of the body at severe risk.

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