hinge on
Example Sentences
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“Great careers used to hinge on ability, and now they depend on agility,” he also said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Several MPs the BBC spoke to despaired that such a significant social change could hinge on their colleagues' diary commitments.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
International students, knowing their family’s financial futures hinge on their degrees, operate in terror of failure and deportation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Jobs with high exposure tended to hinge on information analysis, while jobs with low scores tended to focus on manual work and direct interactions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
She caught him staring at odd things—the hinge on the pantry cabinet, the medicine chest in the bathroom.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
