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as in championship
the position occupied by the one who comes in first in a competition
his lifelong dream of someday winning the heavyweight boxing crown
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as in top
the highest part or point
covered in mud from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head
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Recent Examples of crown
Joshua McElwee, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Elder took the second set 6-1, which clinched the match against seventh grader Emily Leviton, a victory that gave Mayo a glimpse of their third crown in three years.
—Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers how hold a 2-1 advantage over the Blue Jays in this best-of-seven series, the winner crowned champions of Major League Baseball.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Henry's desire for a male heir -- and a new wife who might provide one -- was the immediate catalyst, but other factors were also at play, involving the English crown's seizure of church assets and the growth of Protestant ideas in England.
—Joshua McElwee, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Elder took the second set 6-1, which clinched the match against seventh grader Emily Leviton, a victory that gave Mayo a glimpse of their third crown in three years.
—Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
Less than five months after the Imane Khelif debacle, Rowling joined the transvestigation of Zambian soccer player Barbra Banda after she was crowned 2024 Women’s Footballer of the Year.
—Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers how hold a 2-1 advantage over the Blue Jays in this best-of-seven series, the winner crowned champions of Major League Baseball.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crown
Noun
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Empress Eugénie’s diamond diadem and her large corsage-bow brooch — an imperial ensemble of rare craftsmanship — were also part of the loot.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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The diadem – a jeweled headpiece worn by royalty – features 24 Ceylon sapphires and 1,083 diamonds that can be detached and worn as brooches, according to the Louvre.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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Welcome to Path to Playoff, the USA TODAY Sports newsletter covering all things college football and the chase for this year's national championship.—
Jordan Mendoza,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Each team only has one ACC loss and therefore is still in the race for the conference championship.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Wet and dry fronts, prevailing winds, moisture and vapour, meeting, as luck would have it, exactly at the top of that big mountain on the little island.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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What’s more, each top is under $30, which is ideal for our pocketbooks as well as the season ahead.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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In all, five Aztecs finished in double figures.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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The wood-free Hyper Core composite walls are finished in automotive grade aluminum outer panels framed out via 11-gauge aluminum corner rails, protecting the trailer from low branches and flying debris.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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Lulu, in her signature curly white wig, dunce cap, and exaggeratedly feminine makeup, and Albert, with his bulbous red nose, would entertain with a lively comedy and musical revue; Lulu played the bagpipes, clarinet, saxophone, coronet, and piano, among other instruments.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Aug. 2025
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The brand’s distinctive green banners bearing its yellow coronet logo dominated seemingly every inch of the circuit.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Modern Jacketed Hollow Points Modern Jacketed Hollow Points, or JHPs, aren’t specific cartridges but represent the pinnacle of handgun lethality design.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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The clothes were superb, peerlessly realized and immediately desirable; sometimes young and zesty, but most often the pinnacle of adult sophistication.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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Contractors working on the project recently completed pouring the foundation for what will provide smaller housing units meant to make quarantining detainees with communicable illnesses safer and easier.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Bailey lit the Yellow Jackets up through the air, completing 24 of 32 attempts for 340 yards and two touchdowns.—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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The coronal loops that the scientists were able to identify measured an average of 30 miles wide, with some as as thin as 13 miles—making these the smallest coronal loops ever observed.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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The dramatic coronal headpiece was meant to evoke the Virgin Mary.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 May 2018
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“Crown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crown. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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