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Recent Examples of hinging
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.
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
That doesn’t feel quite right for a sequence that ends in tragedy, hinging largely on Perfidia’s struggles with postpartum depression and her encounters with the limits of revolutionary political violence.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
This strength exercise targets your hips because of the wide stance and hinging combo.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 19 Aug. 2025
Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
That doesn’t feel quite right for a sequence that ends in tragedy, hinging largely on Perfidia’s struggles with postpartum depression and her encounters with the limits of revolutionary political violence.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
This strength exercise targets your hips because of the wide stance and hinging combo.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinging
depending
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In Ohio, a defendant is more likely to face the death penalty, depending on where the crime happened.—
Kevin Grasha,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
21 Oct. 2025
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Calories The calories in apple cider or pumpkin spice drinks vary, depending on what’s added to them.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Hinging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hinging. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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