1
as in to negotiate
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
let me look at my schedule and see if I can't finagle a visit to the museum
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2
as in to cheat
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
she'll finagle until she gets exactly what she wants
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Recent Examples of finagle
That may or may not take a little roster finagling this fall.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
The patient wanted to try that instead of attempting to finagle pills.
—Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
The job that his mother finagled for him at a beloved bookstore appears to be a disaster — especially for his manager, Hugo (Rodney Lizcano).
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
Even for the wealthiest colleges, temporarily upping annual endowment spending could require a bit of finagling.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
The patient wanted to try that instead of attempting to finagle pills.
—Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
The job that his mother finagled for him at a beloved bookstore appears to be a disaster — especially for his manager, Hugo (Rodney Lizcano).
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
Even for the wealthiest colleges, temporarily upping annual endowment spending could require a bit of finagling.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finagle
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Trump ratcheted up tariffs on Canada as the two sides negotiate a trade deal.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
11 July 2025
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After putting together a career-best season, Norman Powell expected to negotiate a contract extension with the Los Angeles Clippers.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Unlike the previous Final Destination Bloodlines films, however, death not only comes for the specific individuals who cheated death, but for generations of relatives in the survivors’ bloodlines.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Call to police started over cheating feud According to the criminal complaints: The woman began fighting the day before the shooting because of Jones' infidelity.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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Horowitz spent decades arranging for Sondheim’s archives to come to the Library of Congress.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
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The controversy comes at a time the United States is trying to arrange a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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Even a congressional candidate has alleged that humans manipulated the weather behind the Fourth of July weekend floods in Texas, which left at least 120 people dead and more than 170 still missing.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
12 July 2025
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Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to run malicious code or access other parts of your system by manipulating memory.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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“Finagle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finagle. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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