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
That genie is out of the bottle.
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Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
One Aladdin Two Lamps contains spectacular genies of its own, particularly when the author follows her intuition.
—Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
With college sports and sports betting, the genie was out of the bottle a long time ago.
—Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The genie is out of the bottle, and out of control.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
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Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
One Aladdin Two Lamps contains spectacular genies of its own, particularly when the author follows her intuition.
—Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
With college sports and sports betting, the genie was out of the bottle a long time ago.
—Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The genie is out of the bottle, and out of control.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for genie
Noun
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In the movie, HUNTR/X, the worldwide K-pop girl group made up of Rumi, Mira, and Zoey, spends their off-hours battling demons.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Feb. 2026
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The movie, about a pop girl group, HUNTR/X, that fights demons and protect South Korea from them, was a smash hit.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Nail artist Sojin Oh’s XXL press-on nails gripped Kim Shui’s collection like those of a fashion vampire headed straight to the front row of Taymour’s Collina Strada runway.—
Arden Fanning Andrews,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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Written by Port and Wiseman, Eternally Yours is an eternal love story about two vampires, Liz (Edwards) and Charles (Weeks), who have been married for five hundred years, and their struggles to accept the human, Max (Lewison), who is dating their daughter, Emma (Shen).—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2026
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Dozens of dogs dressed as alligators, fairies and superheroes gathered Saturday at a Rio de Janeiro Carnival street party as their owners protested cruelty against pets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Families will find the fairy train running through the trees, and there’s an activities station for children.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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In the book, the trope is introduced when Lockwood sleeps in Catherine’s childhood bed and is visited by her girl-ghost wandering the moors, demanding to be let in.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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The show’s greatest strength was never just the jump scares or the hidden ghosts tucked into background shots.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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He's assisted by his pal Thaddeus (Johnny Pemberton), who can only help so much due to his status as a ghoul causing his limbs to fall off.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Feb. 2026
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With Adam Roberts announcing the tempos on the baby grand piano, the ghouls in Tevye’s nightmare emerge from around the fourposter.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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To play devil’s advocate, Rodriguez has exhausted a lot of patience (there’s a funny quote in Felipe Cardenas’ analysis about his physical stats).—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Among the fastest-growing indoor plants is golden pathos or devil’s ivy (Epipremnum aureum).—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
6 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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By the time Laras is making like Linda Blair, malicious jinn power resisting that of Almighty Allah, the film has already gone down a familiar path of grotesque makeup, stunts and digital FX.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Genie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genie. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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