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hinges

verb

present tense third-person singular of hinge

as in depends

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 hinges His journey, though, hinges less on vanity than on his relationship with Caitlyn. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 The legal question before the courts hinges in part on whether the GLP-1 drugs caused the harm. — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026 The actor gives one of his best performances in a film that hinges almost entirely on his ability to express emotion and thought with minimal dialogue. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026 Miller claims that the new proof hinges heavily on his prior work and that Astra did not give that work adequate attribution. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026 Apple on Wednesday announced its first foldable phone, known as the iPhone Duo, which hinges open like a book into a device about the size of a passport. — Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2026 The offense hinges entirely on Young’s development in Canales' system. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026 But whether state officials will intervene early next year hinges not only on this fall’s gubernatorial campaign but also on which other distressed groups the General Assembly is looking to assist. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026 Lasting change hinges less on what any coach does or says — publicly or privately. — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 28 June 2026

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depends

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Proceeds aren’t the same as taxable gains, and the tax bill depends on the home’s original cost, qualifying improvements, selling expenses and the $500,000 home-sale exclusion for eligible married couples.

— Liz Weston, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
What follows depends largely on altitude and whether operators prepared for retirement.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

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