crowning glory
noun
: the most interesting or important thing that something or someone has to offer
The town's crowning glory is its old cathedral.
He intends this movie to be the crowning glory of his career as a filmmaker.
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His crowning glory isn’t just the historic win or being named Finals MVP after his mesmerizing 45-point performance in Game 5.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026
Messi’s crowning glory Lionel Messi would not have been any less a footballer if Argentina had been defeated by France in the penalty shootout that decided the 2022 World Cup final.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Food & Drink The food program at Hotel Metropole is its crowning glory.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026
Ladies always wore hats; millinery in the South was considered a woman’s crowning glory.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 13 Dec. 2025
Hair, sometimes called a woman’s crowning glory, is not what defines me.
—Shamsha Damani, Health, 13 June 2025
Toyota’s crowning glory The Signia is 4 inches shorter and has 1.3-inch less ground clearance than a Highlander midsize SUV, Toyota’s next-smallest harp-friendly vehicle.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Some rooms have private terraces – with the Terrace Suite, the hotel's crowning glory, boasting 100 square metres of private outside space, including a pool.
—Nick Hendry, theweek, 3 Dec. 2024
That match was the culmination of his, and his boyhood team’s, longstanding ambition: a first European Cup for Barcelona, a crowning glory for the dream team built, designed, perfected by Johan Cruyff.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026
Messi’s crowning glory Lionel Messi would not have been any less a footballer if Argentina had been defeated by France in the penalty shootout that decided the 2022 World Cup final.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Food & Drink The food program at Hotel Metropole is its crowning glory.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026
Ladies always wore hats; millinery in the South was considered a woman’s crowning glory.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 13 Dec. 2025
Hair, sometimes called a woman’s crowning glory, is not what defines me.
—Shamsha Damani, Health, 13 June 2025
Toyota’s crowning glory The Signia is 4 inches shorter and has 1.3-inch less ground clearance than a Highlander midsize SUV, Toyota’s next-smallest harp-friendly vehicle.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Some rooms have private terraces – with the Terrace Suite, the hotel's crowning glory, boasting 100 square metres of private outside space, including a pool.
—Nick Hendry, theweek, 3 Dec. 2024
That match was the culmination of his, and his boyhood team’s, longstanding ambition: a first European Cup for Barcelona, a crowning glory for the dream team built, designed, perfected by Johan Cruyff.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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