fingers 1 of 2

plural of finger

fingers

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of finger

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fingers
Noun
Raising Cane’s airport menu The fast-food chain only offers five items – chicken fingers, Cane’s toast, coleslaw, crinkle cut fries and a chicken finger sandwich. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026 Movement came to her fingers slowly, in twitches, one finger, then another. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
Our connection was a bit like that [snaps fingers]. Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 2 Jan. 2026 Elton John might have stepped into Christmas, but Christina Aguilera is diving into it fingers-first. Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fingers
Verb
  • Ideally, over time, these outcomes accumulate into a repository of actioned and labeled data that reflects how an organization identifies risk, prioritizes responses and achieves successful resolutions.
    Terrence McCrossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The plan has been in the works since 2022 and identifies more than 30 strategies to raise the recycling rate from 36% to 77% within the next 13 years.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • The show finds ways to expose the worst in its characters, their pettiest, most vengeful, greediest parts.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Also screening is Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur, another feature from Cannes, following a successful company director called Gleb, who finds himself under siege from mounting corporate pressures and an increasingly unstable world.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The paper also pinpoints a few technical challenges Debug will face.
    Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 4 June 2026
  • This tool pinpoints the ancient latitude of any modern location, tracing its journey back to the peak of the supercontinent Pangaea.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026

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“Fingers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fingers. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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