the crown

noun

1
or the Crown : the government of a country that is officially ruled by a king or queen
the blessing of the Spanish crown
allegiance to the crown
She was appointed by the Crown.
2
: the position of power that a king or queen has
When the king died childless, his brother assumed the crown.

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Once the crown jewel of legacy publishing, Condé Nast spent much of the last decade and a half playing high-gloss triage while chasing digital relevance and brand extensions to counter a collapsing print advertising market. Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025 This is the crown jewel in your life,’ and that bothered me. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 18 July 2025 Three decades later, the movie’s costume designer Mona May revisited one of the crown jewels of her career in a conversation with WWD. Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 18 July 2025 However, Edward stepping down from being monarch, choosing love over duty to the crown, was far from the first instance of a royal renouncing their title. Alex Apatoff, People.com, 15 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for the crown

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“The crown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20crown. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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