as in jewel
an asset that brings praise or renown
the city's crown jewel is an emerald necklace of lushly landscaped parks
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Recent Examples of crown jewel
This partnership was made to further boost Honeywell’s crown jewel aerospace division.
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Kevin Stankiewicz,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Once a crown jewel of Mexico’s tourism industry, the city now suffers under the thumb of organized crime and is still struggling to climb back after taking a direct hit from devastating Hurricane Otis in 2023.
—Antonio Castillo and María Verza, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
It is joined by an assortment of Victorian homes (some are rentable) and the neighborhood’s crown jewel, the 1892 Bishop’s Palace, which is open for tours.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
The two braved the Topanga Mall, the San Fernando Valley’s crown jewel shopping center.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
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Kevin Stankiewicz,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Once a crown jewel of Mexico’s tourism industry, the city now suffers under the thumb of organized crime and is still struggling to climb back after taking a direct hit from devastating Hurricane Otis in 2023.
—Antonio Castillo and María Verza, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
It is joined by an assortment of Victorian homes (some are rentable) and the neighborhood’s crown jewel, the 1892 Bishop’s Palace, which is open for tours.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
The two braved the Topanga Mall, the San Fernando Valley’s crown jewel shopping center.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crown jewel
Noun
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Weaving a fascination for lace A delicate jewel among textiles, lace is an elegant and deceptively simple creation whose appeal has been spun for centuries.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2025
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For a player who switched East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the City of Brotherly Love in the offseason, Barkley has been the jewel in the Eagles’ NFC crown and the engine of their winning machine this year, so much so that he was named as a finalist for this year’s NFL Most Valuable Player award.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
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There’s an old gold vault just outside of Washington, D.C., that holds the kind of (national) treasures most film nerds can only dream of seeing.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2025
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The irreplaceable Barbara Cook put her interpretive stamp on Sondheim’s songbook in her concert tributes, reanimating musical treasures through her own introspective moonlight.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Nearly 35 years after his first Oscar win, Denzel Washington isn’t in it for the trophies.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2025
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The Eagles have won one Super Bowl in their history and have a less celebrated trophy cabinet.—
Eduardo Tansley,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Crown jewel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crown%20jewel. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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