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
Sautee has been a fairy godmother, a genie and other fairy tale characters.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
Over 55 years after taking her final bow as Jeannie the genie, the actress has also revealed that fans continue to reach out to her about her star-making role.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
6 June 2026
The genie is out of the bottle in college football and basketball.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2026
The genie was out of the bottle.
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Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
Over 55 years after taking her final bow as Jeannie the genie, the actress has also revealed that fans continue to reach out to her about her star-making role.
—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
6 June 2026
The genie is out of the bottle in college football and basketball.
—
Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2026
The genie was out of the bottle.
—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for genie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for genie
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There are highs and lows, angels and demons.
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Davion Mitchell is a defensive demon.
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Like Lestat explains, there are levels of enjoyment for a vampire.
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Jones first floated the idea of rock star Lestat while the team filmed Season 2 in Prague in 2023, giving Wood time to begin imagining what a nearly 300-year-old vampire might wear while reinventing himself as a singer.
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For something dreamier, A Midsummer Night’s Dream theme pairs flower garlands and fairy lights with pretty appetizers and edible floral cocktails.
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Flower garlands, fairy lights everywhere, pretty appetizers and edible floral cocktails.
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There are legends of ghost sightings and spooky happenings on the dirt road, like the woman who reportedly wanders it in the dark, crying out for her children.
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The ghosts of 1982 Austrian coach Ralf Rangnick was asked multiple times at a news conference Friday outside of Arrowhead Stadium about that shocking game at the 1982 World Cup.
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Night of the Living Dead centers all the action at a farmhouse, where seven people attempt to ward off the ghouls — without any prior knowledge of how to do so.
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Jittery housemaid Miss Lamb (Thomasin McKenzie) proves less trouble to manage, as Fred scares the wits out of her with bogus talk of a ghoul wandering the Moors.
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Also called devil's snare, the plant's seeds, roots, stems, and leaves are all dangerous if ingested.
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Beloved baby brother, American [WWII bronze star veteran], husband, father of 4 strong women, [grandpa], adorable scamp, handsome devil, and trickster to the end.
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But as the djinn becomes embodied, the delicate balance between the real and the supernatural starts to falter.
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In the centuries-old Cape Town Muslim community of my childhood, none of this was particularly unusual; older people spoke freely about ghosts or jinn, counseling us to take precautions of prayers, salt, incense, to limit our interaction with them.
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“Genie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genie. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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