How to Use genius in a Sentence
- He was a genius at handling the press.
- My plan is simple—that's the genius of it.
- You don't have to be a genius to see that this plan will never work.
- She's now widely recognized as an artist of genius.
- He's admired for his comic genius.
- The genius of these new computers is their portability.
- Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton were great scientific geniuses.
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Justin is sort of a mad genius.
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Kim Gordon,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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But the genius move here is the ice.
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Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 June 2026
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Some of them called me a genius.
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Swan Huntley,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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The genius move is right there in the name.
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Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Apr. 2026
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So, how best to sum up his genius?
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Manuel Neuer,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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Maybe that’s the price of his own genius.
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Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2026
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Who is the genius that picked the small print?
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Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2026
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No amount of genius can cute your way out of that.
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
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Their genius works are an open call to keep the good times rolling.
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William Camargo,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2023
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What was genius about that film was the humor in it.
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Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
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Press notes for the film describe him as a genius.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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There are a lot of geniuses out there.
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Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2026
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This genius said it on a podcast.
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Luciana Lopez,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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The genius of that in that moment.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Mar. 2026
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Lazy baking or genius low-lift dessert move?
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Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2026
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Here are seven genius ways to use your iron around the house.
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Kate Donovan,
Martha Stewart,
21 Feb. 2026
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Would his genius fit the college game?
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Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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And oh my God, Paul is a genius.
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Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2026
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The genius, though, is in the design.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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The true-crime tale of a genius art thief who kept all the spoils for himself.
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The California Independent Booksellers Alliance,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2024
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If Banksy pulled off a project of this scope, he’d be hailed as a genius.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2024
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Birkin’s genius was in her life and in her actions just as much as in her look.
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Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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Ben was so close to getting this right, but who can tame the strange wills of genius?
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
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The earbuds have truly genius features, such as automatically pausing music when one (or both) buds are out of your ear.
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Averi Baudler,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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But even more than his stretchy limbs or super-genius intellect, Reed's defining feature is his commitment to his family.
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Christian Holub,
EW.com,
9 May 2022
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One flower farmer has a surprisingly genius way of quickly planting peonies, and people on the internet are calling it a game changer.
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Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
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The Samsung Galaxy Watch7 feels like having a remarkably genius personal trainer living on your wrist.
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Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
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The pair had teamed for seven seasons of ABC medical The Good Doctor, in which Highmore played a autistic surgical resident with genius-level abilities.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
17 May 2026
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With many original cast members returning (except Erik Per Sullivan’s Dewey, now recast with Caleb Ellsworth-Clark), Kiana Madeira joins as Malcolm’s girlfriend Tristan, while Keeley Karsten plays his similarly genius-neurotic daughter Leah.
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Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
5 Apr. 2026
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