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have hinged

  • present perfect of hinge.

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However, the market’s more attractive valuations lately have hinged on Wall Street’s unwillingness to dial back earnings expectations.

From MarketWatch Mar. 31, 2026

But business has been slower than usual ahead of the Feb. 25 vote as candidates have hinged more campaigning on social media.

From Reuters Feb. 7, 2023

Several semiconductor heavyweights have hinged further investment in the U.S. on the federal subsidies included in the bill.

From Washington Times Aug. 9, 2022

As a result, the odds of being able to get — and stay — on welfare have hinged on where someone lives.

From Washington Post Aug. 1, 2021

Curiously enough, the original German ideas of caricature appear to have hinged precisely upon the distortion of the countenance, since Fratze, the leading word for caricature, signifies originally a grimace.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 by Furniss, Harry