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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Proprietary reverse mortgages aren't beholden to those limits; however, and Mutual of Omaha offers SecureEquity jumbo reverse mortgages up to $4 million.
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Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
This is still a Tron movie, however, beholden to a mythology that is ridiculously complicated at best and WTF-nonsensical at worst.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
One thing this puts an end to, for sure, is the idea that Posey was going to be beholden to nostalgia, that his post-hire comments about paying attention to runs batted in were a sign that the organization was about to go backwards.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Unlike other cable or satellite providers, YouTube TV is part of a tech behemoth that is not particularly beholden to the entertainment business.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
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Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
This is still a Tron movie, however, beholden to a mythology that is ridiculously complicated at best and WTF-nonsensical at worst.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
One thing this puts an end to, for sure, is the idea that Posey was going to be beholden to nostalgia, that his post-hire comments about paying attention to runs batted in were a sign that the organization was about to go backwards.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Unlike other cable or satellite providers, YouTube TV is part of a tech behemoth that is not particularly beholden to the entertainment business.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Beholden to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beholden%20to. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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