crown jewel
noun
1
crown jewels plural
: the jewels (such as the crown and scepter) belonging to a sovereign's regalia
2
: the most attractive or valuable one of a collection or group
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Examples of crown jewel in a Sentence
The painting is the crown jewel of the museum's collection.
one of the company's crown jewels
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The Coca-Cola 600 is one of NASCAR’s four crown jewel races.
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 May 2024
Designed by Sevillian architect Aníbal González for the Ibero-America Exhibition of 1929, Plaza de España is one of Seville's crown jewels.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 May 2024
Designed by Sevillian architect Aníbal González for the Ibero-America Exhibition of 1929, Plaza de España is one of Seville's crown jewels.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
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“Crown jewel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crown%20jewel. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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