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Recent Examples of beholdenAlready inclined to listen to Tehran, Damascus has now become thoroughly beholden.—Reuel Marc Gerecht, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2023 Apologizing for playing a part in your feeling so beholden.—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024 My natural dishwater hue is now beholden as a covetable blonde shade on the internet.—Shelby Wax, Allure, 29 Feb. 2024 The appointment was a major concession for McCarthy, but, from his perspective, turning an insurgent into a beholden ally was a matter of survival.—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for beholden
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indebted
Adjective
Under his reign, Illinois achieved the nation’s lowest credit rating and ranked as the second-most indebted and corrupt state.
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Matt Paprocki,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
As someone who spends much of their time working on remote recording and audio production – from building full arrangements solo to collaborating digitally across continents – I’m deeply indebted to Sly Stone’s approach to making music.
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Jose Valentino Ruiz,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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