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or jinn
also djinni
or djinn
as in genie
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Recent Examples of jinni
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.
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Yasmine Al-Sayyad, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
Traditionally, jinn aren't seen as good or evil, and that moral ambiguity carries over to the series.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 June 2019
Next to me was Said Suleiman Mohammed, herbalist and jinni hunter.
—Justin Fornal, National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2016
Although they are believed to exist in an endless variety of manifestations, negative and positive, jinn are most commonly thought to invade the homes and bodies of humans to cause distress.
—Justin Fornal, National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2016
Yasmine Al-Sayyad, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
Traditionally, jinn aren't seen as good or evil, and that moral ambiguity carries over to the series.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 June 2019
Next to me was Said Suleiman Mohammed, herbalist and jinni hunter.
—Justin Fornal, National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2016
Although they are believed to exist in an endless variety of manifestations, negative and positive, jinn are most commonly thought to invade the homes and bodies of humans to cause distress.
—Justin Fornal, National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinni
Noun
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The drones formed one character or scene after another, including the genie from Aladdin, Madame Leota from The Haunted Mansion, and Dante from Coco.Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 2025
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The genie is never going back in the gin bottle; alcohol is too interwoven into American society to ever be banned again, and that’s for the best.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Whether or not the result would be an angel or a demon is up for debate, but read enough about AI and one comes away with the sense this is the ultimate state those developing and applying AI would like to achieve.Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The choir of angels got a whole lot better now that Cissy and Whitney are singing together.Bob Pisani, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
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Many slide hopelessly back into lives as nearly invisible wraiths, measured in the intervals between fixes — and arrests.Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
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Discovery, two of the bigger owners of these cable-network wraiths, haven’t had much to show for keeping them up and running.Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Jinni.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinni. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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