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How to use the word hinges in a Sentence?

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The war hinges heavily on defense industrial production, and these are critical investments that the US and ultimately Ukraine will benefit from, but the question is, were they made too late to affect what could be the decisive phases of the conflict this year, for Ukraine, the challenges are more immediate and medium term, while much of the added US production capacity appears to be two years in the future.

Michael Kofman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is clear that the future of Arctic sea ice hinges to a significant degree on the strength and frequency of occurrence of [atmospheric rivers].

Marty Ralph

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Much hinges on whether Ukraine can retake territory at least to February 23 lines, the prospect is there, but it's contingent. If Ukraine can get that far, then it can likely take the rest. But if it can't, then it may have to reconsider how best to attain victory.

Michael Kofman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I want to go to Le Mans. But I think so much hinges on the schedule being released to understand if I can, i know that there’s interest. I certainly have a ton of interest to do it. We’re just waiting for that first domino to fall.

Jimmie Johnson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The future of American government hinges on how the GOP comes to deal with Trumpism, this is pretty clearly yet more evidence that it's going to be a long time before the Republican party has space for people who are willing to contradict Donald Trump.

George Washington

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The investments that we are making... are ones that the private sector has not done or can not do, we have not seen a nationwide investment in affordable, accessible universal pre-K. It is the public sector that has traditionally made it possible for kids to afford community college. We have not seen the private sector solve the climate crisis. It is really important to recognize that growth hinges on... much-needed public investments that provide the basis for an economy that is inclusive.

Heather Boushey

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Understanding galaxy formation hinges on assumptions about Star Formation in Gaseous Environments, if we can understand Star Formation in Gaseous Environments, then we can understand galaxy formation. And by understanding galaxy formation, we can understand more about what the universe is made of. Understanding where we come from and how we're situated in the universe ultimately hinges on understanding the origins of stars.

Michael Grudi?

Found on CNN
2 years ago

AstraZeneca may well have a place, it may well have a significant place. This is only a suspension, not turfing it out, we have got in South Africa a problem with the variant, it all hinges on that.

Professor Barry Schoub

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We have got in South Africa a problem with the variant, it all hinges on that.

Professor Barry Schoub

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

In light of China-US tensions, the [ renminbi ] market movement hinges on the Ken Cheung election outcome.

Ken Cheung

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I don't have the answers. I'm not going to pretend like I do, my business hinges on this, on the football season and everything.

Dante Lucchesi

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We could well be in a similar position : where the Trump argument is :' we are finally getting the handle on this, do you really want the disruption of a change in administration ?' the answer to that, I think, hinges heavily on whether the President can win the retrospective judgment on,' Were you the one who got us into this mess in the first place ?'.

Peter Feaver

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Residents under the bombs would routinely recall being thrown through the air by the pressure waves of air mines exploding, and window casements and doors would be blown off their hinges, there were even rumors that wrapping wet towels around the face might save those in shelters from having their lungs collapsed by blast waves, which would leave victims otherwise externally untouched. The unprecedented power of these attacks has proved useful for scientists to gauge the impact such events can have hundreds of kilometers above the Earth, in addition to the devastation they caused on the ground.

Patrick Major

Found on CNN
5 years ago

That’s what it all hinges on. It’s not a very strong argument in this particular year where the issues that divide voters is not ideology but insiderdom. How much are you inside, how much are you anti-establishment, and how populist are you?

Charles Krauthammer

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Most of the time, how long [ a sale ] takes hinges on who the buyer is -- if it’s an internal candidate or a competitor down the street -- and it always seems to take longer than people expect.

Tim Sabol

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

That hinges on us succeeding with modularisation, with smart automation.

Jonas Samuelson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It was wild, lipsey was located in the home, hiding in a specially constructed room. He made a fake wall, and it had hinges. He was hiding behind it.

Kendall County

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

There's usually no guarantee at the time of booking that I'll need Internet access — but if I can't sleep and there's work to be done that hinges on connectivity, it seems like a week's worth of work can be done during those hours at 24,000 feet.

Ice Cream

Found on CNN
9 years ago

He took his key. It turned in the lock to the sounds of Aeolian music. A door opened upon slow hinges, and disclosed a winding stair within. The key vanished from his fingers. Tangle went up. Mossy followed. The door closed behind them. They climbed out of the earth; and, still climbing, rose above it. They were in the rainbow. Far abroad, over ocean and land, they could see through ours transparent walls the earth beneath their get. Stairs beside stairs wound up together, and beautiful beings of all ages climbed along with them. They knew that they were going up to the country whence the shadows fall And by this time I think they must have got there.

George Mac Donald

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.

B. R. Hayden

added by anonymous
10 years ago

May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty.

Irish Proverb

added by anonymous
13 years ago

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values -- that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.

Martin Luther King Jr.

added by anonymous
13 years ago

And when the future hinges on the next words that are said, Don't let logic interfere, believe your heart instead.

Philip Robinson

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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