as in gem
someone or something unusually desirable
friends who agree that his new bride is a real pearl
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as in to diamond
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Recent Examples of pearl
Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2023
Up close, it is coursed with rivulets, beaded and pearled with droplets.
—Taymour Soomro Scott Conarroe, New York Times, 10 May 2023
Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
And there are the pearls strewn throughout.
—Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Since bead materials can run the gamut—from glass to pearl to wood and beyond—Korn notes that some bead styles are inherently more casual than others.
—Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2023
Up close, it is coursed with rivulets, beaded and pearled with droplets.
—Taymour Soomro Scott Conarroe, New York Times, 10 May 2023
Verb
Its silky texture also adapts to skin temperature to feel warm to the touch like natural pearls.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
And there are the pearls strewn throughout.
—Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pearl
Noun
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Again, what an absolute gem Eli Drinkwitz found in the transfer portal.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
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Also included in the tennis necklace inventory is this now-$22 gem, a bezel bauble, and more.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Astrochemistry could also benefit from the idea that diamonds in meteorites and rocks may form through cosmic particle irradiation, rather than solely through heat and pressure.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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Now that Off the Wall has been elevated to diamond status, Jackson claims three such winners.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Robbie paired the flare jeans with a low-cut, beaded top.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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As the spice levels rise, sweat starts to bead, faces flush, and answers descend into incoherent yelps.—
Diana Hubbell,
Popular Science,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Mackinac Island remains one of the jewels of the state’s tourism empire as over 1 million people visit the idyllic island each year.—
Carol Cain,
Freep.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Jerusalem is the jewel of our hearts and our eternal capital.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The night culminated with a countdown as a glowing geodesic sphere 12 feet in diameter and weighing almost six tons descended from its lofty perch atop One Times Square.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Jan. 2023
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But with those four, Grande was able to establish her credibility in the fragrance sphere early in her music career.—
Emily Jensen,
Harper's BAZAAR,
16 Nov. 2022
Noun
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That futuristic prize is one reason politicians and planners are paying attention, even though workable helium-3 fusion reactors remain, for now, speculative.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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There will raffles and games for test pressings, rarities and other prizes.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Organize liquidity needs Even your cash needs should be thoughtfully allocated and not all lumped into one savings account or money market fund.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
20 Sep. 2025
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If a dealer or broker also makes proprietary trades, regulators may lump those together with customer business.—
Robert Green,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wahlberg, 54, plays a professional thief who recruits a new team in an attempt to rob a treasure recently recovered from the depths of the ocean.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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American budgets, jobs, health, welfare and environmental treasures cannot afford more energy fantasies, especially offshore wind.—
Craig Rucker,
Boston Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Pearl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pearl. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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