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owing

adjective as in unpaid

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Owing to its popularity as a pet, it has spread across the Pacific to China.

But owing to another experimental vaccine he received, its impossible to say whether the blood is what saved him.

By 1729 one of them was already complaining that “Rome is much changed to the worse … entirely owing to the British.”

Bloody as it is, Penny Dreadful is also rather beautiful, owing to some spectacular set design and spot-on horror imagery.

It would be too crazy—suicidal really, especially since, besides owing his job to Reilly, he also owes Reilly $20,000 dollars.

In these enlightened days no man is imprisoned for owing money, but only because he does not pay it when told to do so.

The strength of the lion is tremendous, owing to the immense mass of muscle around its jaws, shoulders, and forearms.

This whole region is for the most part very cold, owing to various causes.

Owing to its inertia, no heavy bellows weight can be set into motion rapidly.

It was to a great extent owing to the conduct of the Duke of Elchingen that Massna was at last compelled to retreat.

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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to owing, such as: mature, matured, owed, unsettled, attributable, and comeuppance.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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