as in demon
in stories
a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it
He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie.
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Recent Examples of genie
Until Tuesday, the thought of what Arsenal would look like if an elite striker was transplanted into their team was a genie that had yet to escape the bottle.
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Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
And Benny Blanco is here because of the genie who granted him that wish.
—Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
The drones formed one character or scene after another, including the genie from Aladdin, Madame Leota from The Haunted Mansion, and Dante from Coco.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 2025
The genie is never going back in the gin bottle; alcohol is too interwoven into American society to ever be banned again, and that’s for the best.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
And Benny Blanco is here because of the genie who granted him that wish.
—Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
The drones formed one character or scene after another, including the genie from Aladdin, Madame Leota from The Haunted Mansion, and Dante from Coco.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 2025
The genie is never going back in the gin bottle; alcohol is too interwoven into American society to ever be banned again, and that’s for the best.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for genie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for genie
Noun
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According to Hindu scriptures, gods and demons once churned the cosmic ocean in search of the nectar of immortality.—
Kyra Colah,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Lamar is also well aware of his demons and has made peace with his vices.—
Taylor Crumpton,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Of course, Sarah Michelle Gellar would reprise her role as the epic vampire slayer Buffy Summers.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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But rather than portraying a high school student tasked with saving the world from evil, Gellar will reportedly have a recurring role in support of a new vampire slayer.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Both movies feature a killer clown, but while Joaquin Phoenix’s grinning menace suffers from delusions of grandeur and an unspecified mental illness, the hideous ghoul from hell in Terrifier known as Art hacks away at his victims with no discernible motivation beyond the grisly acts themselves.—
Eric Kohn,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
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The Order shows us how someone with real smarts could turn these ghouls into a more effective and organized army.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Dec. 2024
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Statham, who in the film will play a man pulled back towards the ghosts of his violent past, is currently reteaming with David Ayer on action-thriller A Working Man, and recently wrapped production on Mutiny with Jean-Francois Richet for Mad River.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Barcelona have previously criticised the current VAR system and asked for audios themselves when a potential ghost goal by winger Lamine Yamal was not given in an April 2024 Clasico which Madrid won 3-2.—
Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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While the eastern grey kangaroos used in this trial are not endangered, many of Australia’s marsupial species are, including koalas and Tasmanian devils.—
Eric Cheung,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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The search for wallabies, wombats, and Tasmanian devils in Cradle Mountain National Park is a classic part of the Tasmanian experience.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The jinni has kept the woman locked in a glass chest, deep in the sea, but that hasn’t stopped her from sleeping with ninety-eight other men.—
Yasmine Al-Sayyad,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2022
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Traditionally, jinn aren't seen as good or evil, and that moral ambiguity carries over to the series.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
23 June 2019
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“Genie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genie. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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