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as in gem
a usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament
a necklace set with priceless jewels
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as in treasure
an asset that brings praise or renown
an illuminated medieval manuscript that is the jewel of the library's collection of rare books
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as in prize
someone or something unusually desirable
a star athlete who would be a jewel for any team
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Recent Examples of jewel
Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2025
Moore completed the look with Christian Louboutin shoes and Cartier jewels, including high-jewelry earrings crafted in 18-karat white gold and set with diamonds and opals.
—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2025
Coral Davenport, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
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Noun
Anne Hathaway and her golden Oscar de la Renta dress, and some seriously epic Bvlgari jewels.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2025
Moore completed the look with Christian Louboutin shoes and Cartier jewels, including high-jewelry earrings crafted in 18-karat white gold and set with diamonds and opals.
—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
The strawberry, blackberry and raspberry fields of the Pajaro Valley stretch for 10 miles along the coast of California’s Monterey Bay, jeweled with fruit from April through early December.
—Coral Davenport, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jewel
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The 12-day journey, offered in May and September 2025, takes travelers through hidden gems in Athens, Delos, and Crete.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025
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If Ortiz improves his command and control under the watchful tutoring of Carl Willis, the Guardians may have uncovered a true gem for their rotation for the present, and into the future.Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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By bringing back to the fold a lost treasure from the storied past.Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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Archaeologists recently unveiled remarkable artifacts from Viking graves in Norway — all thanks to a pair of metal detectorists who unwittingly stumbled across the treasure.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Search is the prize, as should have been pretty clear when Apple went to court to help Google defend its default search spot on a billion iPhones.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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More than 450,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said.Don Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
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The material is a synthetic form of aluminum oxide, one of the hardest substances second only to diamond.Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2024
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Mali has other natural resources that Moroccan industries could eye for extraction, such as gold, uranium, iron ore, and possibly diamonds. FROM FEZ TO TIMBUKTU Only time will tell whether Morocco’s relationship with Mali will be that of an equal partner or a satellite.Vish Sakthivel, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2014
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The compilation of Presley’s holiday fare peaked at No. 2, while The Essential Elvis Presley has only climbed as high as No. 8 on the rock and alternative-specific tally.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Google’s search results are telling us to eat rocks.Daniel Wine, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
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Glasgow City, an independent operation not linked to a men’s side, won 14 titles in a row between 2008 and 2021, and picked up their 16th league trophy in 2022-23.Jessy Parker Humphreys, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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They’ll be accompanied by posters, photos, car club clothing, trophies and pin-striping tool kids.Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 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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“Jewel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jewel. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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