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Recent Examples of beholden
The growing reliance on federal Medicaid-expansion dollars creates a dangerous cycle in which states become increasingly beholden ...
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Gary D. Alexander, National Review, 22 Dec. 2024
Already 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
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Gary D. Alexander, National Review, 22 Dec. 2024
Already 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beholden
indebted
Adjective
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Rich and authentic, Beloved feels indebted to Al Green, Philly soul, the Jackson 5, and Blaxploitation soundtracks.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
11 July 2025
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Price’s later novels are indebted to his time as a journeyman screenwriter.—
Kevin Lozano,
New Yorker,
6 July 2025
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“Beholden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beholden. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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