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Recent Examples of hinged
But a condition of the real estate deal hinged on the city’s approval of the golf course.
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Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
23 June 2026
After Mexico suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat to Sweden, their hopes of advancing hinged on South Korea’s team pulling off an unlikely victory over Germany.
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Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The measure chiefly calls for the 5% income tax rate to be gradually stepped down to 4% over a three-year period, but the case hinged on other impacts of the proposal.
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State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
18 June 2026
After a shocking loss to Sweden, Mexico's chances of advancing to the next round hinged on South Korea beating the defending champions, Germany.
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Juliana Kim,
NPR,
17 June 2026
SpaceX had the capacity but lacked the product and models to be competitive, even though much of its more than $2 trillion IPO’s promise hinged on providing AI services to enterprise customers.
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Samuel Axon,
ArsTechnica,
16 June 2026
When the Nets moved from New Jersey, and certainly after Joe and Clara Wu Tsai bought the team, the Nets’ thesis hinged on the Knicks’ struggles to bring a title back to New York City.
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Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
16 June 2026
Among Democrats, the contests hinged on longstanding divides between progressives and moderates as the party tries to chart the best path forward to November.
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ABC News,
16 June 2026
What History Says About Politicizing Science The American scientific enterprise emerged after WWII and has hinged on a robust and credible scientific system, built from peer review and international collaboration.
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Kelly Fleming,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
23 June 2026
After Mexico suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat to Sweden, their hopes of advancing hinged on South Korea’s team pulling off an unlikely victory over Germany.
—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The measure chiefly calls for the 5% income tax rate to be gradually stepped down to 4% over a three-year period, but the case hinged on other impacts of the proposal.
—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
18 June 2026
After a shocking loss to Sweden, Mexico's chances of advancing to the next round hinged on South Korea beating the defending champions, Germany.
—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
17 June 2026
SpaceX had the capacity but lacked the product and models to be competitive, even though much of its more than $2 trillion IPO’s promise hinged on providing AI services to enterprise customers.
—
Samuel Axon,
ArsTechnica,
16 June 2026
When the Nets moved from New Jersey, and certainly after Joe and Clara Wu Tsai bought the team, the Nets’ thesis hinged on the Knicks’ struggles to bring a title back to New York City.
—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
16 June 2026
Among Democrats, the contests hinged on longstanding divides between progressives and moderates as the party tries to chart the best path forward to November.
—
ABC News,
16 June 2026
What History Says About Politicizing Science The American scientific enterprise emerged after WWII and has hinged on a robust and credible scientific system, built from peer review and international collaboration.
—
Kelly Fleming,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinged
depended
Verb
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Until recently, Norway depended on private companies to conduct such advanced underwater surveys.
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For decades, scientists believed this renewal depended heavily on fibroblasts, a class of supportive cells nestled in the deeper layer of the skin that secrete growth-promoting molecules and build the structural scaffolding that holds tissue together.
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