as in obligated
being under obligation for a favor or gift thereafter forever felt indebted to the producer for giving her her lucky break

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Recent Examples on the Web The attacks are a blow to Lebanon’s already fragile infrastructure, which suffers daily power cuts, and its economy, which is one of the most indebted in the world and has undergone a series of crises in recent years. Natasha Turak, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024 One group of workers watches from high up a concrete complex as their indebted boss and his family beat up a supplier on the street below. Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024 In one scene, set at an Applebee’s in 2016, the deeply indebted Person takes a $5,000 envelope from Marty Blazer, a crooked financial adviser turned undercover FBI informant. Patrick Sauer, Washington Post, 26 July 2024 Highly indebted local governments, which through the control and sale of land-use rights have become powerful economic actors in China, will have fewer resources at their disposal as the mammoth Xi-era construction projects cease. Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for indebted 

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“Indebted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indebted. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.

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