owe
verb (used with object)
to be under obligation to pay or repay.
is owing
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present progressiveof owe (3rd person singular).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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Looking beyond the current dynamics caused by the effective closure by Iran of the Strait of Hormuz, the more lasting trend of supply/demand imbalance is owing to a multiplicity of factors.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
Other biographers have given attention to her relationships, but perhaps it is owing to Gottlieb’s editorial talent that we are spared the minutiae of their course.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2022
That type of volatility is owing to a few factors: Bitcoin is held by relatively few people, meaning that price swings can be magnified during low-volume periods.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2021
"He basically said that the peace and prosperity we enjoy today is owing to the sacrifice of the three million Japanese who died during the war," says Prof Kingston.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2019
The catholicity of the Church, her faculty of enfolding all mankind, of being the spiritual mother of us all, is owing to her supernatural character.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
