beholden to

phrase

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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Rayonier valuation discount Rayonier is a cyclical stock beholden to both the housing and lumber cycle. — Sebastien Chasse, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 He’s seized on the attorney general’s abundant out-of-state travel — for official business, Ford says — to portray him as a high-flier beholden to the special interests that financed his jaunts. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 One thing most agree on is that the diminishment of competitive seats leads to greater polarization because legislators are only beholden to primary voters. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Either way, that sensibility has yet to trickle down to mainstream portrayals of Zoomer romance on screen, which remain largely beholden to templates established by previous generations. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for beholden to

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“Beholden to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beholden%20to. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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