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
More than a year later, the hotel’s crown jewel accommodation, the Royal Suite, was extensively redesigned to match these elegant additions and renovations.
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Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
For Meyerson, Longwood is both a crown jewel of the university’s growth and an alarming measure of a fading Jewish presence.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
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Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
For Meyerson, Longwood is both a crown jewel of the university’s growth and an alarming measure of a fading Jewish presence.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crown jewel
Noun
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In Midtown’s southeasterly quadrant, the Fifth Avenue Hotel is the jewel of 28th St.—
Christopher Cameron,
Robb Report,
9 Apr. 2025
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In their new thriller Crime 101, an adaptation of the Don Winslow novella of the same name, Berry plays a weary insurance broker who gets involved in a multimillion-dollar heist led by a master jewel thief named Davis, portrayed by Hemsworth.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Astin, Plimpton, Green, Feldman, Davi, and Pantoliano joined Josh Brolin and Ke Huy Quan in hunting down the trusty ship of notorious pirate One-Eyed Willy, hoping to happen on some treasure to secure their families' futures.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The cosmopolitan has roots in one town and one nation but treasures and learns from many other national streams.—
David Brooks,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Harding won the trophy in 2013, Dubnyk won in 2015 and Dumba was a finalist in 2021.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Madrid has a mountain to climb in the decider at home a week from now, though if its anyone that can overcome such a deficit in the elite competition, look no further than the 15-time record winners and defending champions of the big-eared trophy.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Crown jewel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crown%20jewel. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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