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due to
Attributable to, because of, as in Due to scanty rainfall, we may face a crop failure . This usage has been criticized by some authorities, but today it is widely considered standard. [Early 1900s] Also see on account of .
Likely to, announced as, as in Betty bought more of the stock, believing it was due to rise , or The play is due to open next week . [Early 1900s]
Owing or payable to, as in We must give our staff whatever vacation is due to them .
Example Sentences
Poodle-dog isn’t a household name like poison oak and ivy, likely due to its limited geographic region and fleeting nature.
The estimated number of excess deaths and illnesses from the EPA’s actions are likely an undercount due to long-term outcomes, such as cancer, that are harder to quantify, Symons said.
At one point, about 17% of the 700,000-acre forest was closed due to fire damage from both the Eaton fire in January and Bridge fire in September.
Sir Elton previously said he'd been unable to finish his new album due to his eyesight issues.
On this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick interviews Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, lawyer for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident, husband and father, who was illegally deported to El Salvador in March due to what the government admits was an administrative error.
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