as in identified
to find out or establish the identity of
thus far authorities haven't been able to finger the person who's been lighting fires around town
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Recent Examples of fingered
The French leader has fingered America’s tariff regime for rejiggering the sourcing map.
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Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
In 1978, Derek Boston, who had become a suspect in another murder in the neighborhood, once again fingered Washington, Sims and Ellis in a bid for leniency.
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John Annese,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
Slick black ropes of water fingered the college foundations.
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Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
Rios’ attorneys contend that the case had gone cold when Guevara, who at the time was a gang crimes specialist, not a homicide detective, inserted himself into the investigation by claiming two confidential informants had fingered Rios as the gunman.
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Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
Combs had falsely fingered Garcia to Williams as someone who had taken his money in a drug deal gone bad.
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Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
So plausible, in fact, that many pundits fingered each for the win at the beginning of the season.
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Nate Jones,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
No one fingered an extra-hemispheric accomplice.
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Alan McPherson,
The Conversation,
2 Nov. 2025
Oh, to be a tomato and/or tomato flower being tenderly and gently fingered by Dame Helen Mirren.
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James Factora,
Them.,
13 Aug. 2025
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
In 1978, Derek Boston, who had become a suspect in another murder in the neighborhood, once again fingered Washington, Sims and Ellis in a bid for leniency.
—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
Slick black ropes of water fingered the college foundations.
—
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
Rios’ attorneys contend that the case had gone cold when Guevara, who at the time was a gang crimes specialist, not a homicide detective, inserted himself into the investigation by claiming two confidential informants had fingered Rios as the gunman.
—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
Combs had falsely fingered Garcia to Williams as someone who had taken his money in a drug deal gone bad.
—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
So plausible, in fact, that many pundits fingered each for the win at the beginning of the season.
—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
No one fingered an extra-hemispheric accomplice.
—
Alan McPherson,
The Conversation,
2 Nov. 2025
Oh, to be a tomato and/or tomato flower being tenderly and gently fingered by Dame Helen Mirren.
—
James Factora,
Them.,
13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fingered
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Researchers identified large carbon-bearing molecules inside two mudstone samples collected in Jezero Crater, an area believed to have hosted a lake billions of years ago.
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In another instance, investigators identified a gray button on a test-taker's shirt as a concealed camera.
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Amazon‘s Wondery is aiming to amplify the game of Boardroom, the media company founded by NBA champion Kevin Durant and his business partner Rich Kleiman, under a wide-ranging deal.
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Things to do Menorca’s art scene dates from the 1960s when the Grupo Menorca founded the island’s first contemporary art gallery.
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