hinge on
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: to be determined or decided by (something) : to depend on (something)
The outcome of the election hinges on how the candidates perform in the debate.
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This will hinge on adapting websites to meet the needs of an AI agent and prompt fresh considerations for product teams.
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Dmytro Spilka, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, the trajectory for monetary policy will hinge on the inflation and labour market dynamics moving forward.
—Gabe Whisnant
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
But as end-to-end-encryption has become commonplace and increasingly easy, governments have kept on asking for special access to sidestep that security, often in response to high-profile crimes that seem to hinge on access to a locked device.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
Plans to end global warming hinge on driving net greenhouse gas emissions to zero (plus or minus a few gigatonnes).
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2025
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Dmytro Spilka, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, the trajectory for monetary policy will hinge on the inflation and labour market dynamics moving forward.
—Gabe Whisnant
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
But as end-to-end-encryption has become commonplace and increasingly easy, governments have kept on asking for special access to sidestep that security, often in response to high-profile crimes that seem to hinge on access to a locked device.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
Plans to end global warming hinge on driving net greenhouse gas emissions to zero (plus or minus a few gigatonnes).
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Hinge on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hinge%20on. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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