genie

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Recent Examples of genie The area’s newest boutique is like stepping into a genie’s bottle — if the genie had impeccable taste and a deep love for legacy designers, funky jewelry, and original art. Emiene Wright, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2025 Challenges, Risks And The Path Forward Even though adoption is still in its early stages, the agentic AI genie is out of the bottle. Stephen Farrugia, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 The quest in question is The Last Wish, which has protagonist Geralt and potential love interest Yennefer tracking down a genie to break a magical binding that ties the two together, in the hopes that Yennefer can discover whether or not her love for Geralt is real or just a result of the magic. Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025 The genie is so far out of the bottle at this point. Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for genie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for genie
Noun
  • The only survivor is his youngest sister Nezuko, who has been turned into a demon herself.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 28 June 2025
  • Hero Tanjiro Kamado, a boy who joined the Demon Slayer Corps after his younger sister Nezuko was transformed into a demon, finds himself and his Demon Slayer comrades inside the demons’ stronghold – the Infinity Castle, where the scene is set for the final battle between Corps and demons.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • The creatures move confidently across the island's terrain, both vast and cramped, and often emerge with a vampire's stealth from shadows, smoke and night itself.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 30 June 2025
  • However their plans are thwarted after a vampire (Jack O’Connell) begins to prey on their business.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Some titles are now out of print, but these classic horror stories are a great foray into the world of ghosts, ghouls, and things that go bump in the night.
    Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 10 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • But what do the locals actually think of their vampire-like namesake, who is believed to be the vengeful ghost of a woman who died in pregnancy or childbirth? To find out, researcher Timo Duile headed to Pontianak for conversations with ethnic Malay Muslim and Dayak Christian residents.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 5 July 2025
  • The ghosts of late 1950s-early 1960s country favorites Maybelle Carter and Patsy Cline share space with pop-soul icons The Shirelles.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Assign someone to challenge ideas or play devil’s advocate.
    Elizabeth Freedman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Like, Mars is a character, kind of like a devil on my shoulder.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Poltergeists, jinn, and the Ghost of Christmas Past all count as metaphysical entities.
    Big Think, Big Think, 13 Dec. 2024
  • 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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