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is owing
verb
To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
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This shift is owing, perhaps paradoxically, to Thomas's awfulness.
"This is owing to the influence of Wittgenstein.
That somebody's success is owing to somebody's misery, therefore the misery must be honoured?
This is owing partly to his personality (he seems fairly to radiate calm) and partly to demographics (he is black).
Partly, this is owing to Ms. Ashley, who even in a big role seems to occupy too much space here.
From later this year, people can be fined for returning their tax details late, even if no tax is owing.
But its decline in some countries is owing instead to a failure to fulfil its promises to bring about change.
Hardwick wrote when she had something to say, and she took her time; the impression of ease is owing strictly to her style.
The squandering of privilege and inheritance is owing not only to poor planning and excess but also to the nagging sense that privilege and inheritance are unearned.
Apple is transferring business from LG to Sharp, but Jeffrey says half of the decline is owing to disappointing sale trends.
Berlin has become Germany's most famous musical city, and much of this is owing to its cheap (though swiftly rising) rents.
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