owe
verb (used with object)
to be under obligation to pay or repay.
are owing
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present progressiveof owe.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Twenty five years ago, 84 percent of the students were white; today, 43 percent are, owing partly to an influx of immigrants working in technology jobs.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2021
February's wages, £610,000, are owing to players, £120,000 to the club's 60 other employees, and £280,000 to HMRC.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2011
Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board, which administers the SAT, says the racial disparities are owing to differences in educational opportunity.
From Time Magazine Archive
But between persons such as we are, in our conspicuous station, particular care and a particular courtesy are owing.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
The contortions of the grain, which make them so valuable and beautiful, are owing to peculiar conditions of growth.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by L. Arnoux
