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Recent Examples of hingesTo 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 Everything hinges, however, on the assertion that bondpeople were constant capital, which appears five times within the first fifty pages of the work.—Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025 Her surviving twin’s fate now hinges in part on decisions made thousands of miles away in Washington, DC.—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025 For retail sponsors, success now hinges largely on both a macro view of the portfolio and a granular focus on individual asset performance.—Andrew Denardo, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 And by the demands of working with Shia LaBeouf, whose method hinges upon antagonizing his director at every turn.—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025 Bob Iger, the CEO of the company has increasingly articulated a path that hinges heavily on reaching digital viewers.—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinges
depends
Verb
The color of the light depends on the type of gas and the amount of energy released.
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Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
This is a kind of tribal affiliation that depends on an adversary.
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