How to Use hinge on in a Sentence

hinge on

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  • Much will hinge on what happens next.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Their ability to take the next step will hinge on their pitching.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But the success of this team won’t hinge on any dancing, or lack thereof.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 1 Aug. 2023
  • For frozen food brands, that means trust can’t hinge on regulation alone.
    Darin Detwiler, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Don’t let your career mood hinge on others’ choices.
    Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t let your career mood hinge on other’s choices.
    Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Many of these services hinge on the notion that job hunting is a numbers game.
    WIRED, 6 Nov. 2023
  • But these decisions do not hinge on whether head coaches deserve to be fired.
    Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • That decision will probably hinge on how the team plays over the next three weeks.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • And that would hinge on him still being on the roster, which seems far from guaranteed.
    Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The answers to these questions, as so many inevitably do, hinge on time and money.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2024
  • But the bulk of his work will hinge on his ability to meld his teammates as a glue player.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • Most who spoke to the Sun Sentinel said their votes would not hinge on the issue.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2024
  • The future of the franchise does seem to hinge on a successful return to the big screen.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Their fate as secret lovers and the outcome of the war hinge on what Ana and Luis will find.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
  • The ultimate fate of this case might hinge on the discovery phase of the trial.
    Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Once the second half begins, the outlook on most fringe teams will hinge on performance.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • The stakes couldn’t be higher and hinge on the deft balancing of realpolitik.
    Charlie Campbell / Yerevan, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Ocean health, human health, and peace and security can all hinge on fisheries.
    Sarah Glaser, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2024
  • Still, the show may hinge on certain points that burnish Xfinity.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 July 2026
  • The war in Ukraine could hinge on whichever side could produce or procure the most heavy artillery.
    Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The game could hinge on turnovers, and Nevada leads the nation with 14 giveaways.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • That represents a slide but not a collapse, and markets will hinge on the degree of decline.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 June 2025
  • The impact will hinge on whether Apple lines up new deals and how broadly the ruling applies.
    Mackenzie Sigalos,kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The success of Daisy Jones & the Six was always going to hinge on the songs.
    Scott Neustadter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2023
  • How well the Blazers do could hinge on how many games Henderson and Sharpe play.
    Afentres, oregonlive, 6 July 2023
  • But Reid seemed to know from the get-go in Philly that his career would hinge on adjustments of all sorts.
    Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The half-century celebration will not hinge on a signal from space.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
  • The ‘Baby Reindeer’ case against Netflix could hinge on one line.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Even the pulp was easy to remove thanks to a convenient hinge on the pulp spout that flips open, letting the hard-to-reach waste fall right out.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Jan. 2026

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