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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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Our goal has been to become the 'genie' for retailers today by anticipating tomorrow’s trends.Casper Ravn-Sørensen, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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There is no way to put the genie back in the bottle.Hod Fleishman, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Divine intervention comes in the form of Dudley (Cary Grant), an angel who helps transform the community for the better — though things take a turn when Dudley falls in love with the titular bishop's wife (Loretta Young).Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Here, musical legends feel like flesh-and-blood figures, especially as Dylan navigates Seeger as the old-guard angel on one shoulder and Bob’s pen pal Johnny Cash (Boyd Holbrook) as the rebel devil on the other.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 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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Human puppets swayed over a Pont like wraiths of those who had been staked there. 🎾 Follow Sports Dashing through it all was the torchbearer, his identity unknown.Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
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“Jinni.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinni. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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