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owing

adjective as in unpaid

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Investor euphoria was owing partly to relief, as the Milei reforms of the last two years appear to be safe.

A car’s value, meanwhile, depreciates over time, so the borrower runs a risk of becoming “upside down” on the loan, or owing more than the car is worth.

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Many of Garg's songs cannot be uploaded online without risking copyright violation owing to a lack of clarity over their ownership, which is scattered among a complicated network of producers, distributors and music labels.

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Consumers also are paying more owing to the growing cost of building new power lines to connect wind and solar, and escalating “balancing costs” to supply electricity when intermittent renewable sources aren’t generating.

Earlier this month it was revealed that His Majesty's Revenue & Customs was seeking a winding-up petition, with the club owing £1m.

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

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