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Recent Examples of hinging
These include squatting, hinging, stepping, pushing, pulling and stabilizing your core — the mechanics behind getting up from a chair, picking something up off the floor, opening and closing doors, climbing stairs, and maintaining balance to avoid falls.
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Dana Santas Feb 28, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Bend your knees slightly and lean forward by hinging at your hips until your torso is roughly parallel to the floor.
—Danielle Zickl, Health, 12 Jan. 2026
Today's elections will show just how durable those advances were, hinging in part on the progress the Republican Party under Trump made with groups that once voted more strongly against the GOP, such as Latino voters.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2025
The company is now hinging a lot of its future on artificial intelligence development.
—Ryan Baker,andrew Evers, CNBC, 21 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
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
Dana Santas Feb 28, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Bend your knees slightly and lean forward by hinging at your hips until your torso is roughly parallel to the floor.
—Danielle Zickl, Health, 12 Jan. 2026
Today's elections will show just how durable those advances were, hinging in part on the progress the Republican Party under Trump made with groups that once voted more strongly against the GOP, such as Latino voters.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2025
The company is now hinging a lot of its future on artificial intelligence development.
—Ryan Baker,andrew Evers, CNBC, 21 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinging
depending
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Because the election is run by the parties, there are separate machines depending on which ballot the person is voting on.—
Rachel Royster
Updated March 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2026
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Here’s how to claim your lottery prize For Indiana Lottery prizes, the claim process varies depending on the prize amount.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Hinging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hinging. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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