finger
noun
any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
has fingered
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present perfectof finger (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Speculation has fingered everyone from political insiders to drug traffickers as the ones behind Colosio’s assassination, which contributed to a sense of upheaval in Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
Cantor and other scientists are convinced the team has fingered the long-sought human counterparts to the rodent immune regulators.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 8, 2022
Instead, a non-profit research lab has fingered government hackers in a much-less-technically advanced nation — Ethiopia — as the likely culprits, saying they apparently bought commercial spyware, essentially off the shelf.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2014
Now John Hathaway Winslow, an American scholar of apparent repute, has fingered Sir Arthur as the culprit.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is always keen for an advance; so soon as he has fingered it he disappears.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
