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[fing-ger] / ˈfɪŋ gər /






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Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Thursday tapped a former CEO of Walmart to help the U.S. central bank find better ways to keep its finger on the pulse of the U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

“There was, at first, anticipation and hopeful excitement that we could put a finger on who, what, where, and why,” said Robert Dickman.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

He fidgets with a pair of eyeglasses and points a knobby index finger to underscore a point, jiggles his leg restlessly and, at one point, mimes playing guitar.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

On his index finger, Roa has a tattoo: "Faith in God."

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

I direct my voice through the round hole in the glass, twist my ponytail around my finger.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Metres away, other photographers yelled instructions to ornately dressed young women who held their fingers in victory signs and arched their backs for the camera.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

It often affects skin between the fingers, around the wrists, under the arms and around the waist, groin and bottom.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

With his responses, Torres pinpointed the location and was able to touch Gil's fingers.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

“By the end of the third test I can’t feel my fingers — but it’s worth it!” said Asia Mendez, a trainee-stenographer.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

The way she’d adjust her glasses with the back of her wrist when her fingers were caked with dough.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"It's more a theme park than a shopping mall," Germany supporter Michael Karg, 48, said as he fingered through an A-Z list of restaurants on a digital directory.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

So it didn't take long for Mr Freeman – legally known as Desmond Filby – to be fingered as the alleged culprit.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2025

And it fingered Diana Teran, its own constitutional policing advisor, as the source of the leak, even though Teran was the one who’d initially reported it and denied passing along the information.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2024

And while a species commonly known as "the rat flea" has been fingered as the main culprit in plague outbreaks, a species known as "the human flea" may play a secondary role.

From Science Daily May 1, 2024

I fingered through her hair, counting each red plastic...cylinder?

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

Chopin sought to convey these moods through explicit performing directions about fingering, pedaling and slurring.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

"I tend now to play parts of chords, rather than fingering the whole damn thing. I use these shortcuts that would be a nightmare for a guitar teacher."

From BBC Nov. 21, 2023

She had a leopard scarf elegantly wrapped around her head and was fingering a glittering ring and staring blankly into the distance.

From Reuters Feb. 7, 2023

He looked away, fingering a frayed edge of the carpet.

From Salon Dec. 15, 2022

These she presented to her daughter, who sat in a chair by the window or lay in bed fingering, fingering her hair.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison




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