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Recent Examples of beholden
Already inclined to listen to Tehran, Damascus has now become thoroughly beholden.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beholden
indebted
Adjective
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Under his reign, Illinois achieved the nation’s lowest credit rating and ranked as the second-most indebted and corrupt state.—
Matt Paprocki,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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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.—
Jose Valentino Ruiz,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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“Beholden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beholden. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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