hinge

as in to depend
to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) the outcome of the game hinged on a single play

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Recent Examples of hinge But Gakpo’s final chance — by far the biggest — is the one on which the game hinged. Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 One pilot stops to pick up a bottle of hot sauce from a counter, hinging at the waist, making sure to keep her hands in view of the camera on her headset at all times. Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025 To thrive in the rapidly evolving age of generative AI, senior leaders need to recognize that success hinges less on the technology itself than on leadership and organizational transformation. Harvard Business Review, 7 Oct. 2025 Many of them are facing tough reelection contests on which control of the House might hinge. Mike Lillis, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hinge
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depend
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  • The dress has an A-line silhouette with a skater skirt that falls around the knees (depending on your height, of course).
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Baker said the food bank serves 30,000 out of Yolo County’s 77,000 households — mostly families that depend for work on the agricultural industry, plus students and seniors.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025

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“Hinge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hinge. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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