CROWN JEWEL Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

crown jewel

noun

Definition of crown jewel

as in jewel

an asset that brings praise or renown the city's crown jewel is an emerald necklace of lushly landscaped parks

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Recent Examples of crown jewel Instagram users have always been able to block others — and, along with Meta’s oldest crown jewel, Facebook — the app has gradually added features for reporting problematic accounts and inappropriate content. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Alpine, Texas — Months after Congress approved billions for infrastructure across one of the least-trafficked stretches of the southern border, bulldozers arrived at Big Bend National Park, West Texas's wild crown jewel. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Markus Strobel, executive chairman and interim chief executive officer, is expecting Coty’s top performers to pull their weight as the Gucci Beauty license, one of its crown jewels, transfers to L’Oréal in mid-2027, one year ahead of schedule. — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026 Paying more than $3 billion in stock for a crown jewel and then fully open-sourcing a layer in week three takes a strategic self-confidence that most acquirers never muster. — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crown jewel

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Noun

But this year, the evening at the jewel-box Teatro Goldoni carried a deeper resonance.

— Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
The jewelry house did not confirm a price, but Page Six estimated that the jewels could be worth up to $55 million in total.

— Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of jewel

Noun

Here, the longtime Santorini local shares why autumn is his favorite time of year—and all the treasures of the off-season.

— Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
Beijing is quite happy, for now at least, to watch as the US drains its treasure policing the world’s sea lanes, keeping transnational drug gangs and fraudsters in check, and maintaining global financial stability.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of treasure

Noun

But at the end of last term, Madrid president Florentino Perez turned to him to shake up a side which had failed to win a major trophy for a second successive season.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Margo’s Got Money Troubles, The Pitt, and Widow’s Bay all picked up hecka trophies.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of trophy

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