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also genii
as in demons
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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as in wizards
a very smart person
the 16-year-old college graduate was considered to be a genius
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as in talents
a special and usually inborn ability
had a genius for remembering long strings of numbers had a genius for saying the wrong thing, no matter what the social situation
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as in aptitudes
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
a genius for gambling over his head
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as in natures
the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others
putting the needs of the individual before those of society is alien to the genius of the Japanese people
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as in manifestations
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
the giant tortoise would seem to be the very genius of the unfathomable ancientness that one associates with the Galápagos Islands
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Recent Examples of genies
Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
He and Ka-young are reunited, both as genies.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
And when the battleground is AI and art, geniuses often seem like The Good Guys.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Apr. 2026
If Hafley can get all three to meet or exceed their draft-day expectations, the rebuild zooms way ahead of the curve, and Hafley and his staff look like coaching geniuses.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
There are a lot of geniuses out there.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
Collaborative relationships are ignored, the impact of women and other minority partners dismissed, all in the interest of tidy legacies, strong sales and lone geniuses.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
History is littered with no shortage of geniuses and incredibly successful people who probably followed that mantra completely, from Napoleon to Henry Ford to you name it.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
But as artificial general intelligence (AGI) came into view—the idea of a transformatively powerful technology that could surpass human geniuses at most tasks—Hunter-Torricke grew convinced industry executives weren’t girding for the level of disruption the technology would bring.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 17 Feb. 2026
Cleaners that Only Serve One Function Cleaning product manufacturers are geniuses at marketing generic formulas as products for niche items.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
One Aladdin Two Lamps contains spectacular genies of its own, particularly when the author follows her intuition.
—Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
He and Ka-young are reunited, both as genies.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
Like nuclear-fission research, machine learning was a small scientific field with epochal implications which was dominated by a cadre of eccentric geniuses.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
And when the battleground is AI and art, geniuses often seem like The Good Guys.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Apr. 2026
If Hafley can get all three to meet or exceed their draft-day expectations, the rebuild zooms way ahead of the curve, and Hafley and his staff look like coaching geniuses.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
There are a lot of geniuses out there.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
Collaborative relationships are ignored, the impact of women and other minority partners dismissed, all in the interest of tidy legacies, strong sales and lone geniuses.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
History is littered with no shortage of geniuses and incredibly successful people who probably followed that mantra completely, from Napoleon to Henry Ford to you name it.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
But as artificial general intelligence (AGI) came into view—the idea of a transformatively powerful technology that could surpass human geniuses at most tasks—Hunter-Torricke grew convinced industry executives weren’t girding for the level of disruption the technology would bring.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 17 Feb. 2026
Cleaners that Only Serve One Function Cleaning product manufacturers are geniuses at marketing generic formulas as products for niche items.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 7 Feb. 2026
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