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jinn

noun

variants or jinns also djinn or djinns

plural of jinni

as in genies

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Recent Examples of jinn That was a concept that came from one of our artists in the region who said, OK, well, if there’s been centuries of battles between an evil jinn faction and humanity, perhaps some pieces of them would still remain in the world? — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 But as the djinn becomes embodied, the delicate balance between the real and the supernatural starts to falter. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 18 June 2026 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, 10 Dec. 2025

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Noun

Like genies, the sky's the limit for making your holiday wishes come true.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 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

Definition of genies

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Her fantastical Biblical scenes, of a graphic, storybook sensibility, sometimes showed angels, and Christ himself, as chalky white, and this rang in some Black critical circles as a sign of backwater unsophistication.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
That kind of detail says so much more than cliches about angels or clouds.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of angels

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The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
The earliest depictions of slavery were already crawling with the terrible proceedings the Gothic tends to depict, from bloody whippings to family curses to the wrathful wraiths of the slain enslaved.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of wraiths

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Behind a thick column, lurking in the shadows, a kind looking man with an Irish brogue quietly summoned me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
The consequence is that, even if these models successfully preserve literary materials that might otherwise be lost to time or foundering interest, the source will always remain in the shadows.

— Francesca Mancino, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of shadows

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Both phantoms were packed with thousands of dosimeters, tracking radiation dose over specific phases of the flight rather than just a cumulative total.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
The two phantoms were designed to be adult females, since previous research found that breasts and ovaries are especially susceptible to radiation damage.

— Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of phantoms

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See-through specters haunt the backstage area of the Muppet theater, a Muppet News report warns of man-eating furniture, and Kermit turns the tables on Price during a long talk about acting by sprouting fangs and biting the horror icon’s neck.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 June 2026
African diasporic people’s contentious history with these formations of motherhood create specters of separation as reproductive injustice.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026

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