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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
owe .
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Examples
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And yet, though undoubtedly correct, the term owes its correctness, in part at least, to its ready-to-wear quality, to its negative merit of vague amplitude, behind which the most diverse gifts and capacities may lie concealed.
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The title owes its success in the marketplace to our ability to deliver top quality games, on time, with effective marketing support.
Electronic Arts Q2 2011 Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha 2010
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I think that the man behind the curtain owes us all an apology and should refrain from deciding anything ever again.
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Indeed, the visual style of Sky Captain owes more than a little to Max Fleischer's Superman cartoons.
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Palin owes Alaskans a CLEAR & CONCISE explanation of why she is abandoning her obligations, saying people are mean to her just doesn't cut it, politics is the dirtiest thing there is so for her to use that as an excuse is just UNACCEPTABLE.
Latest ethics complaints should be 'a wake-up call,' Palin says 2009
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Clinton's campaign suppressing the new amount of $31 debt the campaign owes is right up there on this story line.
Analysis: Clinton scores a win, Obama nears finish line 2008
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John McCain owes the NYT a big Thank You, they could have killed his campaign in December when they first had the story and they still today discarded reports about the affair.
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Michael Saunders from CitiGroup has calculated ‘external debt’ – ie, what Britain owes the rest of the world.
How much is Britain’s true national debt? Not a sheep 2008
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McCain owes Obama nothing and neither do you Hillary.
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McCain owes favors to a lot of people, I don't think you will be his first choice.
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