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
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 charges marked a major inflection point in the Justice Department’s probe of the Capitol attack, and Rhodes’s eventual conviction would become a crown jewel of the sweeping prosecution.
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
Plus, Wynn is building a crown jewel, a $3.9 billion beachfront property in Dubai that’s going to have 1,500 rooms.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2025
Somewhere in the middle of the show, there’s its crown jewel: the majestic, 20-foot-long 9.11.01 (2006), in which a gigantic black triangle emerges from a white ground, sending out plumes of smoke on either side.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Instead, the shock announcement last week has reignited fears in Taiwan about losing its crown jewel, its world-beating semiconductor industry, to the US due to political pressure.
—Wayne Chang, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
Plus, Wynn is building a crown jewel, a $3.9 billion beachfront property in Dubai that’s going to have 1,500 rooms.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2025
Somewhere in the middle of the show, there’s its crown jewel: the majestic, 20-foot-long 9.11.01 (2006), in which a gigantic black triangle emerges from a white ground, sending out plumes of smoke on either side.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Instead, the shock announcement last week has reignited fears in Taiwan about losing its crown jewel, its world-beating semiconductor industry, to the US due to political pressure.
—Wayne Chang, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crown jewel
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“Crown jewel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crown%20jewel. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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