crown jewel
noun
1
crown jewels plural
: the jewels (such as the crown and scepter) belonging to a sovereign's regalia
2
: the most attractive or valuable one of a collection or group
Synonyms
Examples of crown jewel in a Sentence
The painting is the crown jewel of the museum's collection.
one of the company's crown jewels
Recent Examples on the Web
Ultimately, every performance, from André the Giant to Mandy Patinkin, is pitch-perfect, and this film is a crown jewel of Rob Reiner’s royal reign in Hollywood.
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Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
Number one, companies have to get much better at identifying what is truly a crown jewel in their company.
—Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Botswana's diamonds are the cornerstone of its economy, comprising 90 percent of its global exports, but the delta is its crown jewel.
—Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2024
The teams are the county’s crown jewels, every year drawing in thousands upon thousands of fans who spend money, and focusing a global spotlight (with some recent help from Taylor Swift) on Jackson County and Kansas City, Missouri.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
The company’s researchers were widely viewed as its crown jewels, their work subsidized with a firehose of pricey compute power that was even extended to people outside the company.
—Kenrick Cai, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The small town's crown jewel, however, is the Forks Inn Restaurant, located at the quaint lodge atop Kelly Mountain.
—Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
Once a crown jewel on the Strip, the aging property has struggled to stand out in recent decades amid a sea of megaresorts.
—USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
The ballooning problem came to a head earlier his year when the George F. Haines International Swim Center — a storied facility widely considered to be Santa Clara’s crown jewel — closed over safety concerns following decades of neglect.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
Number one, companies have to get much better at identifying what is truly a crown jewel in their company.
—Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Botswana's diamonds are the cornerstone of its economy, comprising 90 percent of its global exports, but the delta is its crown jewel.
—Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2024
The teams are the county’s crown jewels, every year drawing in thousands upon thousands of fans who spend money, and focusing a global spotlight (with some recent help from Taylor Swift) on Jackson County and Kansas City, Missouri.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
The company’s researchers were widely viewed as its crown jewels, their work subsidized with a firehose of pricey compute power that was even extended to people outside the company.
—Kenrick Cai, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The small town's crown jewel, however, is the Forks Inn Restaurant, located at the quaint lodge atop Kelly Mountain.
—Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
Once a crown jewel on the Strip, the aging property has struggled to stand out in recent decades amid a sea of megaresorts.
—USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
The ballooning problem came to a head earlier his year when the George F. Haines International Swim Center — a storied facility widely considered to be Santa Clara’s crown jewel — closed over safety concerns following decades of neglect.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Crown jewel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crown%20jewel. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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