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
No rubbing of a magical genie bottle is needed, simply scroll on to find out!
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Skyler Caruso, People.com, 26 May 2025
That genie’s having too much fun right now dancing with Miss Peggy and stuffing its face at Pasta Jay’s.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
With the genie firmly out of the bottle, governments are grappling with how to protect people, their data, and their jobs while encouraging rather than stifling innovation.
—Mark Thirlwell, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The logistics of his odysseys would challenge Aladdin’s genie—so much so that when Noack approached Steinway & Sons about supplying an instrument, the venerable piano builder turned him down.
—Air Mail, 3 May 2025
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Skyler Caruso, People.com, 26 May 2025
That genie’s having too much fun right now dancing with Miss Peggy and stuffing its face at Pasta Jay’s.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
With the genie firmly out of the bottle, governments are grappling with how to protect people, their data, and their jobs while encouraging rather than stifling innovation.
—Mark Thirlwell, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The logistics of his odysseys would challenge Aladdin’s genie—so much so that when Noack approached Steinway & Sons about supplying an instrument, the venerable piano builder turned him down.
—Air Mail, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for genie
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The trailer certainly paints a trippy picture of a high-tech near-future that veers into nightmare territory, as so many games in the Black Ops franchise tend to do, slipping between missions in the real-world and a psychedelic dream-world filled with demons and other nightmares.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Months before, Stevens feared President Johnson was pursuing a Reconstruction program that would readmit Confederate states to the Union without them exorcising the demon that animated secession.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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Sinners — director Ryan Coogler’s hit vampire thriller starring Michael B. Jordan — is new on digital streaming this week.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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And like microscopic vampires, the mites have evolved to avoid ultraviolet rays from the sun, which easily destroys their DNA.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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Despite those forty-three words, the ghoul that the North Carolina Freedmen’s Convention feared most had risen—caste preservationists debuted a new caste system.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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It was filled with hideous props — ghouls and skeletons crafted of balsa wood, wax, and papier-mâché.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Just a ghost in the RAM, stealing data or encrypting files until the system reboots.—
Camellia Chan,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Think disco ball ghosts, skeletons lounging poolside, and heart-eyed skulls that belong on your gallery wall and your feed.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 June 2025
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Seven people were kicked out of the courtroom by O’Hare for speaking out of turn and calling members of the court racists and devils.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 June 2025
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Rich flavors of maple syrup, golden syrup, red cherries and devil’s chocolate cake in this 17% alcohol late harvest wine.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Poltergeists, jinn, and the Ghost of Christmas Past all count as metaphysical entities.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Dec. 2024
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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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“Genie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genie. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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