as in prize
someone or something unusually desirable
that job is considered a real plum in the broadcasting business
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Recent Examples of plum
The former Pro Bowl tight end, who has broadcast games for Fox Sports since 2021, has been benched for these playoffs so Tom Brady could take all the plum assignments with Olsen’s former play-by-play partner, Kevin Burkhardt.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2025
And in the meantime, Stephen, few recipes deliver like the original plum torte, which readers have made with all kinds of in-season fruit.
—Tanya Sichynsky, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
The gorgeous plum shade adds a pop of color to your space, and the glass lid protects the candle from dust.
—Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025
Stags’ Leap Winery 2018 Petite Sirah is garnet to purple colored in the glass with aromas of cinnamon, black pepper, and black currant with flavors of black plum, blueberry, and vanilla.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2025
And in the meantime, Stephen, few recipes deliver like the original plum torte, which readers have made with all kinds of in-season fruit.
—Tanya Sichynsky, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
The gorgeous plum shade adds a pop of color to your space, and the glass lid protects the candle from dust.
—Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025
Stags’ Leap Winery 2018 Petite Sirah is garnet to purple colored in the glass with aromas of cinnamon, black pepper, and black currant with flavors of black plum, blueberry, and vanilla.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plum
Noun
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Sandler and Barrymore took home the prize for Best On-Screen Team that year at what was then called the MTV Movie Awards.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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There is a prize pool of $1.8 million, with each player on the championship team receiving $125,000, each player on the runner-up receiving $50,000 and each player on the the other two teams receiving $25,000.—
Dan Loumena,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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This fun comedy is a hidden gem on the streamer starring Eddie Murphy as real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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While different age demographics tend to want different things out of their vacation destinations, travelers of all ages can appreciate a hidden gem.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
13 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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For a player who switched East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the City of Brotherly Love in the offseason, Barkley has been the jewel in the Eagles’ NFC crown and the engine of their winning machine this year, so much so that he was named as a finalist for this year’s NFL Most Valuable Player award.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
4 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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February 25, 1909: The Gordon Hat $3.00 in blue, brown, pearl, gray, steel or black.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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While the bamboo and bone tiles may be long gone, and the mahjong table is now inlaid with phone charging sockets rather than mother of pearl, the game’s magic remains the same.—
Claire Turrell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Plum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plum. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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