ground-effect machine
Synonyms of gem
Examples of gem in a Sentence
Noun
The house is a gem of colonial architecture.
He pitched a gem of a game.
Her most recent novel is a real gem.
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
To date, four people have been charged in connection with that caper; the gems have not yet been recovered.
—News Desk, Artforum, 3 Nov. 2025
Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2025
Consider this Tata Harper gem the fountain of youth in oil form.
—Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 29 Nov. 2022
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Noun
But often these insightful gems are just left on our proverbial shelves gathering dust.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
To date, four people have been charged in connection with that caper; the gems have not yet been recovered.
—News Desk, Artforum, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
Twists and turns happen from there, and the soundtrack is laced with Tropicália gems from the 1970s.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2025
Consider this Tata Harper gem the fountain of youth in oil form.
—Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 29 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for gem
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“Gem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gem. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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