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hinges

noun

Plural of hinge

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The word 'hinges' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the door or cabinet hardware that joins two pieces together and allows them to swing open and closed. For example: "The door wouldn't close properly because the hinges were loose."

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If the result hinges on what voters think this election is about before they go into the voting booth, it could well be too close to call.

Sábado Gigante symbolizes an outdated thinking about Latinos and comedy that hinges on fetishizing and ridiculing people for ratings; it is ostensibly Latino, but it's not an indication of who we are or who we've striving to become.

Clive Palmer, the man whose party votes it hinges on, said he would only support it if the government ensured a guarantee of lower electricity bills as a result.

The advance of this radical new model hinges on creating new cycles of social and economic capital.

JJ Top target Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, £40m) May end up with (Antoine Griezmann, Atlético Madrid) Transfer kitty £150m Already signed Memphis Depay (PSV, £24m) Much hinges on the appointment of a new manager but Graham Carr, the powerful chief scout, has already drawn up a list of potential targets.

Lenore Taylor: Guardian Australia The future of the party now hinges on whether voters still like Rudd when he is leader again, or whether their professed preference for him was really a hankering for the way they felt when they elected him as "Kevin07", and politics still felt hopeful and positive – in contrast to the down and dirty shouting match it has been for the past three years.

Graham's success, on the other hand, hinges in many ways on being taken seriously as a candidate.

We didn't have to open a door, we took it off the hinges because we were head-butting walls: 'Come on, get in there'.

Acceptance of such myths hinges on children trusting those around them – usually their parents – sufficiently to suspend their disbelief long enough to place teeth under pillows and to leave carrots and milk by the fireplace.

But much hinges on the exact phrasing and whether they would satisfy the Rev Ian Paisley, the DUP's hardline leader.

After all, Barack Obama's strategy against Isis hinges on avoiding anything smacking of direct military engagement with ground troops, increasing the effective reliance on Iran.

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