genie

noun ge·nie \ ˈjē-nē \

|Updated on: 18 Jul 2018

Examples: genie in a Sentence

Definition of genie

plural genies also genii play \ˈjē-nē(-ˌī)\

1 : jinni 1

2 : a magic spirit believed to take human form and serve the person who calls it

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Examples of genie in a Sentence

He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie.

Recent Examples of genie from the Web

Upon meeting the beautiful Princess Jasmine, Aladdin stumbles upon a magic lamp that reveals a wish-granting genie, who helps him win the heart of the princess.

— sydney odman, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Aladdin': Everything to Know About the Live-Action Remake of the Disney Classic," 5 July 2018
If a genie suddenly appeared and granted three wishes to Jay Powell, the Fed’s new chairman, Mr. Powell would probably ask to know the Nairu, the neutral interest rate and the shape of the Phillips curve.

— alan s. blinder, WSJ, "Is the Phillips Curve Dead? And Other Questions for the Fed," 3 May 2018
Disney’s Aladdin / July 5-August 5 Ride your magic carpet (or just take the T) to the Boston Opera House to see the Disney classic about a princess, a commoner, and a genie lamp.

— BostonGlobe.com, "Things to do in Greater Boston this summer," 15 June 2018
This year is no different, with new releases from the boy king of Toronto (Degrassi: The Next Generation star Aubrey Graham – aka Drake, he of the feud with Pusha-T) and Christina Aguilera, the genie who most definitely came out of the bottle.

— refinery29.com, "June Click List: R29 Entertainment Editors' Picks For The Month," 1 June 2018
One Royals front-office executive said that if a genie emerged from a bottle and offered up one player who might become a Hall of Famer, and another who was absolutely, 100 percent guaranteed to become a No.

— lee judge, kansascity, "Tankless task: Losing doesn't guarantee draft success for Royals, or other MLB teams," 30 May 2018
Now, having armed the other side in an information war, social media companies and the government agencies that have fostered them are scrambling to put the genie back in the bottle, too.

— priya satia, The New Republic, "What Mass Shootings and Big Data Have in Common," 10 May 2018
One important lesson from the spinal cord and the cerebellum is that the genie of consciousness does not just appear when any neural tissue is excited.

— christof koch, Scientific American, "What Is Consciousness?," 8 May 2018
Bill Gates and Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the World Wide Web, recognize the promise of an A.G.I., a wish-granting genie rubbed up from our dreams, yet each has voiced grave concerns.

— tad friend, The New Yorker, "How Frightened Should We Be of A.I.?," 7 May 2018

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