crown jewels

plural of crown jewel

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of crown jewels An alleged member of the four-person team that broke into the Louvre last October, stealing crown jewels worth roughly $100 million, has been denied release, Le Figaro reports. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Artnet also notes that today marks the one-year anniversary of the Louvre heist in which thieves made off with pieces of France’s crown jewels. — News Desk, Artforum, 19 Oct. 2026 The series is light-hearted and unserious, just like the rest of the shows that were Nickelodeon and Disney Channel’s crown jewels in the early 2000s. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 The theft revived memories of the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris last year and renewed calls for better security and funding at the many cultural sites across France. — Sylvie Corbet, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026 The theft revived painful memories of the spectacular theft of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris last year and renewed calls for better security and funding at the many cultural sites across France. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 Identify your crown jewels, including indispensable assets and processes. — Steve Durbin, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The inclusion of two of the four on the potential divesture list is somewhat surprising but Paramount still has kept crown jewels MTV and Nickelodeon out of reach. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026 The 60th anniversary A media franchise reaching its 60th anniversary is a massive deal, but is Paramount doing enough to celebrate one of its crown jewels becoming a sexagenarian? — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crown jewels
Noun
  • Last year, the Louvre Museum was the target of a highly orchestrated robbery, resulting in the loss of several historical jewels from France’s imperial era.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Previous auctions of Romanov jewels have also fetched far more than their estimate.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • For more contemporary treasures, head downhill to the city’s leading art gallery, Selma Feriani, which in 2027 will exhibit major Tunisian artists Mohamed Amine Hamouda and Rafik El Kamel.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Ancient burial site packed with treasures and 38 bodies discovered after centuries.
    — , FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Before Ronaldo debuted for Portugal by replacing Luís Figo in a 2003 friendly against Kazakhstan, Portugal had never won any major trophies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Under Poss’s tenure, Sugar Hill earned five Grammy trophies for best bluegrass album (including in 1994, when the Nashville Bluegrass Band’s Waitin’ For The Hard Times To Go took home the accolade).
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026

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“Crown jewels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crown%20jewels. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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