FINGERING Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

fingering

verb

Definition of fingering

present participle of finger

as in identifying

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 fingering One of them said something about her fingering Marcy in the bathroom. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 All seems normal with this new potential job until the woman conducting the interview subtly reveals bruises on her arms and, not so subtly, starts fingering her kitchen knives. — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025 Using a fingering yarn when a knitting pattern specifies DK means your garment will end up much too small. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025

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Verb

OpenAI said the partnership would bring different expertise and approaches to identifying weaknesses.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
The lawsuit says Brave crawled and copied content from more than 30 billion webpages in its index without identifying itself or providing the owners of websites any mechanism to block its crawler, according to the newspapers’ complaint.

— Molly Crane Newman, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

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Ashley didn’t record a stat in two seasons with the Yellow Jackets, then he was medically disqualified due to Georgia Tech finding a bulging disk and stress fracture in his back.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Nov. 2026
Cook says the company’s leaders are intentional about finding motivated employees who can delight customers and who are eager to take advantage of the many career-building opportunities the company offers to its workforce.

— S. Sorrina Beecher, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026