"finger on the pulse" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Despite retiring, he still tries to keep a finger on the pulse of the industry.",
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      "glosses": [
        "An active interest in the latest developments (of some topic)."
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "an active interest",
          "word": "vinger aan de pols"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an active interest",
          "word": "ajan hermolla"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an active interest",
          "word": "Finger am Puls der Zeit"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an active interest",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ręka na pulsie"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "finger on the pulse"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an active interest",
      "word": "vinger aan de pols"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an active interest",
      "word": "ajan hermolla"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an active interest",
      "word": "Finger am Puls der Zeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an active interest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ręka na pulsie"
    }
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  "word": "finger on the pulse"
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