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Recent Examples of hinges
Everything hinges, however, on the assertion that bondpeople were constant capital, which appears five times within the first fifty pages of the work.
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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
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
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Achieving cost parity with China for batteries requires production at scale, and that scale depends on strong, sustained demand for EVs, the largest battery consumer.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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And the media dollars and sponsorship money that power the growth of the sport depends on those fans.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Hinges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hinges. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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