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Recent Examples of hinging
Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Lenovo aims to become a $100 billion company within the next two years, Chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang said in a statement, with much of the growth plan hinging on AI.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 May 2026
After the ship’s owner sued for insurance money, the resulting case—hinging on whether a water shortage onboard justified the murders—gave English citizens an idea of what was being done in their name.
—The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
The script is set during the Vietnam War, with the story hinging on Thompson’s suspicious disappearance at the conflict’s height and the range of suspects implicated in the case.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 May 2026
But investors are taking a chance in tying their money to college sports at a time when there are unresolved and potentially transformative legal battles, with outcomes hinging less on economics than on judicial decrees.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 May 2026
Exercises that involve pulling and hinging movements can effectively target multiple back muscles.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 21 Apr. 2026
At least one of Mellone’s cases had been rejected in lower courts before the new law, hinging partially on rulings that Italian emigrants who took on another citizenship before having children cannot pass on Italian citizenship.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Start with primary movement patterns including squatting, hinging, pushing, pulling, rotating and core stabilization, where compensation is easiest to identify and address.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
This foundational pose, which involves hinging at the hips and putting the body into an upside down V shape, recruits major muscles in the back, shoulders and legs.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Mar. 2026
Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 May 2026
After the ship’s owner sued for insurance money, the resulting case—hinging on whether a water shortage onboard justified the murders—gave English citizens an idea of what was being done in their name.
—The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
The script is set during the Vietnam War, with the story hinging on Thompson’s suspicious disappearance at the conflict’s height and the range of suspects implicated in the case.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 May 2026
But investors are taking a chance in tying their money to college sports at a time when there are unresolved and potentially transformative legal battles, with outcomes hinging less on economics than on judicial decrees.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 May 2026
Exercises that involve pulling and hinging movements can effectively target multiple back muscles.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 21 Apr. 2026
At least one of Mellone’s cases had been rejected in lower courts before the new law, hinging partially on rulings that Italian emigrants who took on another citizenship before having children cannot pass on Italian citizenship.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Start with primary movement patterns including squatting, hinging, pushing, pulling, rotating and core stabilization, where compensation is easiest to identify and address.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
This foundational pose, which involves hinging at the hips and putting the body into an upside down V shape, recruits major muscles in the back, shoulders and legs.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinging
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The leader who does excellent work in private, who processes carefully before speaking and who finds large group settings actively draining is usually unaware of just how much their patterns of presence and withdrawal are being (mis)read by the team depending on them.—
Bill Koch,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Typically, the timeframe for recovery from such issues is varied depending on the severity.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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“Hinging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hinging. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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