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

These officers are, owing to their functions, the masters of all the military defences of France....

From A Nest of Spies by Allain, Marcel

Experience proves that not a few of the diseases incident to the inhabitants of this country, are owing to their mode of living.

From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)