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
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.
—James Factora, Them., 13 Aug. 2025
On opening night at the start of the second act, even director Ellenstein got fingered out as fictitious bar manager Billy Joe Walker.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
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
On opening night at the start of the second act, even director Ellenstein got fingered out as fictitious bar manager Billy Joe Walker.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fingered
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The district identified major concerns with fiscal and academic conditions at Aspire Capitol Heights Academy earlier this year as the school sought charter renewal.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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To avoid contamination, team members had their DNA genotyped so their own sequences could be identified and removed from the samples.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Jared Isaacman, who founded the payments company Shift4, has organized, funded and commanded two private astronaut missions to Earth orbit, both of them using SpaceX hardware.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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All the company had emitted since Gates founded it in 1975 would be gone, the full footprint washed away.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Fingered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fingered. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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