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Injury updates The laceration on reliever Ethan Roberts’ right middle finger continues to progress in the right direction.—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 Comet PanSTARRS is visible in the patch of sky five degrees above the lowest of the four stars, Algenib — roughly the width of your three middle fingers held at arm's length against the sky.—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2026 In the middle of Tuesday night’s 6-0 Red Sox loss in Minnesota, NESN cameras captured Jarren Duran raising his left hand toward the stands, his middle finger up.—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 Video footage of the carpet showed Blanchett giving the middle finger to someone just off-screen.—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle finger
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of middle finger was before the 12th century