crown jewel
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boast, credit, glory, honor, jewel, pride, treasure, trophy
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Dozens of tables give way to the crown jewel of the space: a stage with the restaurant's name lettered above it. — Ava Garcia, azcentral, "The 'most exciting Lebanese restaurant in metro Phoenix' just opened in Glendale," 11 July 2019 Balboa Park, San Diego’s cultural crown jewel, is home to a zoo, a golf course, dozens of cultural institutions, and acres of picnic spots and recreational fields. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Balboa Park: San Diego’s crown jewel," 30 June 2019 The 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the first to be televised, giving the wider public a view of the solemnity of the ceremony, the splendor of the queen's gown, and the magnificence of the crown jewels. — Heather Brady, National Geographic, "Vintage photos of royal families from all over the world," 8 May 2019 Landmarks: While the Del is the crown jewel of the Crown City, Coronado’s beaches consistently rate among the top 10 in the nation. — Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Coronado: Beautiful beaches, historical homes and a world-famous hotel," 27 June 2019 In Hanoi, North Korea offered to shut down parts of its Yongbyon nuclear complex, which has served as the crown jewel of its atomic program, in return for sanctions relief. — Jon Herskovitz, Fortune, "Why the Trump-Kim Nuclear Show Is Set for Act Three," 20 June 2019 Trip Highlights Climb to Bhutan’s crowning jewel, the iconic Tiger’s Nest Monastery, and record your experience in an essay or photographs. — National Geographic, "Bhutan High School Expedition," 12 June 2019 The wooded campus is the final piece and is considered by many to be the crown jewel of properties that were owned by McDonald’s. — Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com, "McDonald's closes deal to sell Oak Brook campus to John Paul Mitchell Systems," 5 June 2019 In his first book are jellyfish that look like flowers, protists that resemble Fabergé eggs, presented like crown jewels on black velvet, the seeming cosmic vastness of the images belying their actual, microscopic size. — The New York Review of Books, "Lucy Jakub," 16 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'crown jewel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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