beholden to

idiom

formal

: owing a favor or gift to (someone) : having obligations to (someone)

politicians who are beholden to special interest groups

She works for herself, and so is beholden to no one.

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To a certain extent, the committee is beholden to an underlying structure created several years ago by the university presidents and conference commissioners who oversee the CFP. —

Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024 Entrepreneurs aren’t beholden to traditional practices (and problems) that often arise in conventional employment environments. —

Steven Aquino, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 After years of gliding between cloud rap and hyperpop without being beholden to either, all the fairytale imagery and AutoTune cooing has led him directly to a cliff. —

Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024 Managerial hirings aren’t beholden to restrictive roster building rules, meaning theoretically any owner with a good elevator pitch and a deep wallet could target any manager on earth. —

Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for beholden to