beholden
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The S&P 400 does not leave you beholden to a small number of stocks or a single industry.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
For now, Sweden relies on the U.S. for launches, which makes it beholden to a busy schedule dominated by commercial actors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
She didn’t want the future to feel beholden to the past; she just wanted it to be better.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
He added that he was "arguably the first minister in the history of this state that is not beholden to one vested interest".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
If a man, boldest and most intelligent of creatures, won’t wander from place to place, a stranger to all, beholden to none, why would an animal, which is by temperament far more conservative?
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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