hinging

present participle of hinge
as in depending
to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) the outcome of the game hinged on a single play

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Recent Examples of hinging 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 Make sure to perfect the hinging motion from your hips before attempting this exercise. Leoni Jesner, Health, 1 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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  • Likewise, studies on shapes have been shown to bring about both joy and bias, depending on the emotions that stem from early developments in childhood.
    Daniel Fusch, Ascend Agency, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Prices vary depending on location.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025

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“Hinging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hinging. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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