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juju

noun

Definition of jujunext
as in gris-gris

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Recent Examples of juju Watching MacKinnon take a puck to the right knee late in the second stanza portended the wrong kind of juju. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 May 2026 Or maybe all McIlroy’s bad juju this week will call in its debts, and this week at Aronimink will end in a whimper. — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 17 May 2026 Baseball has always been a sport that believes in the occult — in juju and curses and superstitions. — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 3 May 2026 Needless to say, the Giants' good juju took a turn for the worse. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for juju
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  1. gris-gris
  2. talisman
  3. amulet
  4. mojo
  5. mascot
Noun
  • Often these assemblages of items are tied together in a bundle or bag and may be referred to as hands, mojos, or gris-gris.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of gris-gris
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  • And thankfully for Leipzig head coach Martin Demichelis, Nusa remains at the club and will be expected to become their attacking talisman in the Champions League.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Picture frames, plants, and talismans cover all available wall and table space.
    — Emma Watson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of talisman
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  • The Rahvi lights, meanwhile, are adorned with jewelry-like amulets of semiprecious stones.
    — Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Since these figures have been found in excavations of homes, streets, and tombs, it is believed they were used as everyday objects, perhaps to promote fertility or used as children’s toys or household amulets.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of amulet
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  • To get its mojo back, Nvidia needs a massive buyback program , like what Apple instituted under ex-CEO, now executive chair Tim Cook.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • For a time, Riverside was a thought; a hot, distant, financially tenuous thought, but one with some mojo.
    — Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of mojo
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  • Colonel Reb, the school’s Confederate homage of a mascot, was not replaced until 2003 and there was significant resistance to that move.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Reveille herself made an appearance before the game, while Dude Perfect’s Tyler Toney took a live at-bat for the Bananas and Houston Texans’ mascot Toro took part in a mini-game between innings.
    — Ian Curtis, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of mascot

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“Juju.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juju. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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