as in gem
someone or something that is highly valued or admired
With her rare all-round talent for sports, she was a diamond of a player.
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as in to gem
to make more attractive by or as if by adding diamonds
The ballroom soon filled with diamonded guests ready to dance.
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Recent Examples of diamond
Marissa Muller, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
While attending an auction together, Taylor eyed a diamond and emerald necklace and earrings of two monkeys frolicking on gold bananas.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
People Staff, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
Instead, they were drawn to the idea that diamonds represent authenticity.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 11 July 2018
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Noun
Rodrigo accessorized the gown, which was originally worn by Linda Evangelista on the runway, with diamond and ruby stud earrings and a large blue sapphire cocktail ring.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
While attending an auction together, Taylor eyed a diamond and emerald necklace and earrings of two monkeys frolicking on gold bananas.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
Verb
Shop the collection on oldnavy.gap.com 58 of 84 Pandora This jeweler understands that diamonds the power statement jewelry: enter its latest Diamonds by Pandora range, a 33-piece collection of earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings made for the everyday woman.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
Instead, they were drawn to the idea that diamonds represent authenticity.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 11 July 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diamond
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Nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and Back Bay, this gem of a state park features hiking and biking trails, as well as four primitive camping areas—two on the ocean side and two on the bay side.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
2 Feb. 2025
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The designer gems are from Barrett Barrera Projects’ fashion collection.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
2 Feb. 2025
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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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While Mar presided over the festivities (dressed in an all-black Carolina Herrera suit and Tiffany & Co. jewels), guests navigated a sea of butlered canapes and decadent carving stations.—
Leah Faye Cooper,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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Condensation began to pearl at the edges of his rental face mask, an older model that pressed uncomfortably against his temples.—
Elliot Ackerman,
WIRED,
9 Feb. 2024
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Since bead materials can run the gamut—from glass to pearl to wood and beyond—Korn notes that some bead styles are inherently more casual than others.—
Aemilia Madden,
Harper's BAZAAR,
24 July 2023
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Related Articles With undulating walls that resemble stage curtains and a rooftop garden, the architectural marvel is meant to be an ode to the love of oneself, love of others, and love of nature, according to the organizer.—
Denni Hu,
WWD,
5 Feb. 2025
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In this pioneering work of scholarship, Diana Darke strives to give credit to the Muslim artisans who produced these architectural marvels.—
Staff,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Jan. 2025
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The report also found that Santa Barbara County failed to thoroughly empty the existing basins before the disaster, drastically reducing their capacity to trap debris.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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Kansas State denied Sedona Prince in the post and made life tough on Madison Conner and Hailey Van Lith by constantly trapping them on pick and rolls.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2025
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Medieval Islamic architects even decorated buildings with infinitely nonrepeating tiling patterns that were not understood by Western mathematics until the 20th century.—
Mitchell Newberry,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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Kimberly had decorated her space with cards that had images of flowers and birds.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Diamond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diamond. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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