as in accusation
the act of blaming someone for a problem instead of trying to fix or solve it
Engaging in finger-pointing will not help us solve the problem. There was no shortage of finger-pointing among executives after the movie bombed at the box office.
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Recent Examples of finger-pointing
Have an open dialogue that isn’t about finger-pointing but about finding solutions.
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Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
There will be plenty of finger-pointing, and Harbaugh, Jackson and Andrews figure to bear the brunt of that.
—Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
The fires also seem to be setting a new standard for finger-pointing.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
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BERGEN: There’s a lot of finger-pointing in LA right now.
—Peter Bergen, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
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Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
There will be plenty of finger-pointing, and Harbaugh, Jackson and Andrews figure to bear the brunt of that.
—Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
The fires also seem to be setting a new standard for finger-pointing.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
In pictures: Deadly wildfires in Los Angeles County 1 of 84
BERGEN: There’s a lot of finger-pointing in LA right now.
—Peter Bergen, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for finger-pointing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finger-pointing
Noun
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The ex-vice president had sought protection from embezzlement charges by requesting asylum in Mexico, saying that the accusations were politically motivated.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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Baldoni never publicly spoke out about Flores' accusations.—
Tracy Wright,
Fox News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Bail reform has been tweaked three times since it was enacted in 2019 and gets the most public blame for the rise in many types of crime and recidivism since.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2025
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The Safety Board will not find blame in the DCA crash.—
Matthew L. Wald,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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The Beijing government has promised retaliation against U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariffs on Chinese exports after a raft of new trade measures also drew sharp condemnation from Mexico and Canada.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Feb. 2025
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West’s hellfire-and-locust symbolism parodied biblical judgment, but such shame no longer applies to current secular permissiveness or the progressive ideology in Marxist writer Mike Davis’s City of Quartz (1990), famous for its subversive condemnation of Los Angeles’s capitalist elitism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
31 Jan. 2025
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Meta, which has committed to achieving carbon neutrality in its operations, is already working to assuage the guilt of relying on carbon dioxide emitting natural gas to run Sucré.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Åre Murders, which premiered globally on Netflix with five episodes, begins with the promise of a simple murder mystery but evolves into a study of the choices and consequences faced by characters who are all, at their core, driven by secrets and guilt.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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The first censure also cited comments Quirk made in the media about the plan to move the rail off the Del Mar bluffs that contradicted the city’s official position.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025
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But as part of the censure, the board barred Morris from taking part in deliberations and votes regarding the Hagekhalil investigation.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Finger-pointing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finger-pointing. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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