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[jeen-yuhs] / ˈdʒin yəs /


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"What's unique is that he creates a cohesiveness to all the different forms he's taken from different genres of music. That is the genius of Ilaiyaraja," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

He left a biography of Hölderlin on his desk with this sentence underlined: “Sometimes this genius goes dark and sinks down into the bitter well of his heart.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The genius of the ranch packet isn’t ranch, exactly.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

"It is literally so boring for me, a gorgeous genius, to keep having to yap on about how horribly I am treated because of my body," she wrote.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

I cannot tell whether Miss Ingram was a genius, but she was self-conscious—remarkably self-conscious indeed.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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