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Bernie was sleeping next to the wall, and two claws had caught him on the hand, gashing his thumb and tearing through the web of flesh between thumb and forefinger.
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Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
The next morning, Helen sits at the kitchen table, pinching one of the seed pods that Thiago gave her between her thumb and forefinger and spinning it like a top.
—Sadia Shepard, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
Helton holds up his hand, makes a gun with his thumb and forefinger, and holds it to his temple.
—Aliya S. King, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Daza-Flores presses his forefinger into the woman’s flesh to keep the fat from filling in that spot, first one side, then the other.
—Mary Roach, Wired News, 10 Nov. 2025
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Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
The next morning, Helen sits at the kitchen table, pinching one of the seed pods that Thiago gave her between her thumb and forefinger and spinning it like a top.
—Sadia Shepard, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
Helton holds up his hand, makes a gun with his thumb and forefinger, and holds it to his temple.
—Aliya S. King, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Daza-Flores presses his forefinger into the woman’s flesh to keep the fat from filling in that spot, first one side, then the other.
—Mary Roach, Wired News, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Forefinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forefinger. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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forefinger
noun
fore·fin·ger
-ˌfiŋ-gər 
Medical Definition
forefinger
noun
fore·fin·ger
-ˌfiŋ-gər
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