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
But their defense is their crown jewel, ranking No. 1 in the nation.
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
The passage has become nearly synonymous with Panama and is the nation’s economic crown jewel.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
Giving anyone the keys to Nintendo’s crown jewels is a huge vote of confidence in the concept’s potential.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
The space’s crown jewel, however, is its massive curving marble top bar, imbued with just the slightest hints of Art Deco design and inspired by the city’s maritime heritage.
—Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
The passage has become nearly synonymous with Panama and is the nation’s economic crown jewel.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
Giving anyone the keys to Nintendo’s crown jewels is a huge vote of confidence in the concept’s potential.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
The space’s crown jewel, however, is its massive curving marble top bar, imbued with just the slightest hints of Art Deco design and inspired by the city’s maritime heritage.
—Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crown jewel
Noun
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The dominate theme this year was creatively designed jewels made with colored gems, followed by diamond jewels for engagement rings, wedding bands and large statement pieces.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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What might’ve seemed pithy or condescending in another movie becomes downright gorgeous, as each interviewee is bathed in monochromatic light, and shines like a precious jewel.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 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 Goonies followed a group of Oregonian kids who raced against the menacing Fratelli family to find pirate treasure and save their houses from foreclosure.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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But now that has been completed, who has the best chance of progressing to the final in May and lifting the trophy?—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Hot for Broadway — a show which also scored a trophy for J. Harrison Ghee, one of the first nonbinary performers ever to win a Tony.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Crown jewel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crown%20jewel. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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