hinge on
Example Sentences
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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
About 30% of Meta’s payments being released hinge on both YouTube and TikTok agreeing to implement that framework and agreeing to jointly match that figure.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Parts of the settlement hinge on whether those three companies, referred to as "Core Industry Members" in a legal filing, take similar action.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 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
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