the crown

noun

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.

: the position of power that a king or queen has

When the king died childless, his brother assumed the crown.

Examples of the crown in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In any event, persuading the crown prince to enter a normalization deal would require Washington to offer a binding security guarantee, which presumably would be conditioned on an array of concessions by Riyadh that MBS seems unlikely to make. —

Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2024 The grant will go down in Washington as one of the crown jewels of the Biden administration’s initiative to bring the supply chain for ubiquitous—and strategically vital—computer chips back to the United States. —

Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024 Number three, monitor those employees and the crown jewel data to ensure that bad things aren’t happening. —

Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024 Immerse Yourself in the Splendor of Isla Coiba Located in the westernmost reaches of the province, the massive Isla Coiba stands out as the crown jewel for Veraguas island ecotourism. —

Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024 Emily painted the fireplace brick and the crown molding, added custom window treatments, and changed the furniture layout to create better flow. —

Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024 Rolls holds the crown thanks to the Rolls-Royce La Rose Noire Droptail, unveiled at Pebble Beach during Monterey Car Week. —

José Rodríguez Jr. / Jalopnik, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2024 Understandably, the queen assumes the decision is Wilhelm’s reactive –– and fleeting –– ploy to reunite with Simon (Omar Rudberg), who ended their relationship in the penultimate episode after expressing his fears that the pressures of the crown were changing Wilhelm and himself. —

Hunter Ingram, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024 Former governor Terry McAuliffe (D) now claims the crown with 120 vetoes over his four-year term. —

Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024

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