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as in negotiating
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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as in cheating
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 finagling
Try finagling these parts out, or read the manual for your model to see if this is an option.
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Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano,
The Spruce,
11 May 2026
That's a reasonable take, but getting to the point of expanding the postseason once again is going to take some finagling at this time.
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Trey Wallace Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
Other songs are less terminally online and more reminiscent of finagling fake IDs and getting blitzed on the LES.
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Lydia Wei,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 2026
Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano,
The Spruce,
11 May 2026
That's a reasonable take, but getting to the point of expanding the postseason once again is going to take some finagling at this time.
—
Trey Wallace Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
Other songs are less terminally online and more reminiscent of finagling fake IDs and getting blitzed on the LES.
—
Lydia Wei,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finagling
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The board’s approval of his hire means that the government can begin negotiating his salary and benefits.
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Vahidi has become a major player in formulating Iran’s tough stance in negotiating a possible permanent end to the war with the United States, experts say.
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And using what looks like a giant pile of gerbil food for half-day cooking projects just feels like cheating.
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The chapters moved from crime rates to cheating teachers to drug dealers living with their mothers, linking unlikely variables with a kind of intellectual mischief that felt almost illicit.
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This is by no means the first time that HAARP has been accused of controlling or manipulating the weather.
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After Cape Fear anchors us in those assurances, the men’s enmity continues manipulating our expectations and our beliefs.
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All these plans acknowledge the experience gap, namely that training without arranging relevant work experience is often futile.
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Among DeJohn’s hobbies were flower arranging, collecting anything blue and white, gardening, and decorating.
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Alicent's father is the Hand of the King, Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), who spends years maneuvering to make sure his grandson inherits the Iron Throne.
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Under the shadow of a supreme leader who dictates key decisions, and cunning politicians maneuvering for power, the Iranian presidency has over the past two years been reduced to little more than administering the edicts imposed from above.
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Most of the failures the industry is currently calling AI failures are engineering failures with AI on top.
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Moving to a new process node takes a lot of work, from identifying suitable materials to engineering new lithography tools to achieving sufficient yield of usable chips from the assembly line.
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Sources tell OutKick that Pitaro backed Mark Jones in 2020 when Jones falsely accused police officers of plotting to shoot him.
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Lively accused Baldoni in December 2024 of harassing her on the set of It Ends With Us and subsequently plotting a smear campaign against her.
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“Finagling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finagling. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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