as in obligated
being under obligation for a favor or gift not wanting to be beholden to anyone, he insisted on paying his own way

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Recent Examples of beholden While medications are prescribed by an elite medical authority figure, supplements are peddled by entrepreneurs beholden only to the market. WIRED, 31 July 2023 Peacock wasn’t so beholden to tradition. Daniel Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021 Politicians are increasingly beholden not to moderate voters who make up much of the electorate, but to extreme partisans who turn out in force for primary elections. Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023 These days, he is served almost exclusively by sycophants, having replaced successive rounds of loyal yet inexperienced aides with staffers even more beholden and novice. Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for beholden 

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“Beholden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beholden. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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