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genius

[jeen-yuhs] / ˈdʒin jəs /


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Arsenal's duality was there for all to see in their 2-0 win at Sunderland: gritty defence and moments of genius.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

I wish I could say I’m clairvoyant, or that I have genius insight into U.S. foreign policy, but this was entirely predictable.

From Salon Sep. 10, 2026

As Rosales racks up her accomplishments, the social media genius shares pictures of these milestones on her various Instagram pages.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Or, if you prefer softer spuds, Danny also has a genius tip for leveling up your potato salad.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

“I write down poems I like. I’m not some kinda weird rhyming genius like you.”

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

And how could they be in any art that is, above and beyond all else, a celebration of genii loci, spirits of place?

From New York Times May 4, 2023

It turns out that swifts, beloved genii locorum of bright summer streets, are just as much nocturnal creatures of thick summer darkness.

From New York Times Jul. 29, 2020

The registration spells the Latin word "genii", meaning magical person or being.

From BBC May 15, 2011

"We could become a nation of typographic genii through a litany of design atrocities," Bents reasoned.

From The Guardian Oct. 16, 2010

Men who represent not the genii, but the genius of the great dry sea of sand and silence.

From Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study by Arthur Glyn Leonard

And that’s where we are at — none of us need to be computer science geniuses to understand dangerous products should not be sold to consumers.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Owen Thiele: Ben, Rebecca and I huddled a lot, and I listened to everything they said because they’re geniuses and also my bosses.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

The two geniuses who ruled the pitch, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, may have been in Spain, but the scholars of the dugout were all in England.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

But at that time it created a problem because you had these critics and these NBC executives; they were riding high because they had “Seinfeld,” they felt like they were geniuses.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

She looked like those evil geniuses who suddenly figure out a plan to conquer the world and can already imagine earth’s population quivering in their grasp.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt




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