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as in to negotiate
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
let me look at my schedule and see if I can't finagle a visit to the museum
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as in to cheat
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
she'll finagle until she gets exactly what she wants
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Recent Examples of finagle
But the resolution might require more than just mathematically finagling the traditional equations.
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Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2021
The slingback style is easy to put on in the mornings since there are no buttons or clasps to finagle with.
—Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
Two months later, Ms. Arnett finagled a trip to New York to meet Ms. Upadhyaya in person.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Just how exactly, good-looking people finagle their way into more pay is a complex phenomenon, the result of hundreds of hard-to-measure human interactions.
—Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2024
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Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2021
The slingback style is easy to put on in the mornings since there are no buttons or clasps to finagle with.
—Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
Two months later, Ms. Arnett finagled a trip to New York to meet Ms. Upadhyaya in person.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Just how exactly, good-looking people finagle their way into more pay is a complex phenomenon, the result of hundreds of hard-to-measure human interactions.
—Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2024
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Forum helps match clients with tutors who fit their needs, handles payments, negotiates rates for each tutor and markets them.Emma Whitford, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of Amazon workers at the company's first-ever unionized warehouse voted to authorize a strike on Friday, claiming the tech giant has refused to recognize the union and negotiate a contract at the New York City facility.Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Others cast blame, lie, and even cheat to avoid consequences.Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Every woman is either a scorned wife, a cheating girlfriend, or a pretty young thing.Riann Phillip, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
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With no viable means of leaving the base, Moscow requested that the base's command arrange an immediate evacuation to Russia.David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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The exhibition also gives visitors a chance to arrange their own bento box with the replica treats.Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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But all of that changed starting in 2017, when Mr. Trump became president amid the F.B.I. investigation into Russia’s covert attempt to manipulate the 2016 election and the nature of the ties between his campaign and Moscow.Charlie Savage, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Symbolic capitalists—academics, commentators, lawyers, consultants—manipulate words or data rather than making things with their hands.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Finagle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finagle. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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