as in gems
someone or something that is highly valued or admired
With her rare all-round talent for sports, she was a diamond of a player.
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as in jewels
to make more attractive by or as if by adding diamonds
The ballroom soon filled with diamonded guests ready to dance.
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Recent Examples of diamonds
James Dinneen, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Kith Women, in partnership with Vivrelle, a luxury membership club offering designer handbags, jewelry and diamonds, will open a summer-long pop-up in Bridgehampton.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
Both houses say collectors are increasingly drawn to rare, colored diamonds, which make up only a fraction of all the diamonds mined around the world.
—CBS News, 14 May 2026
Crater of Diamonds is the only place in the world where the public can dig up natural diamonds in their original volcanic source.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Pedro unearths an old lunchbox filled with red diamonds.
—Roberto Prieto, Variety, 13 May 2026
Giant drilling machines nearly the length of two football fields armed with cutters harder than diamonds will chew through dense rock.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
Blue diamonds of this size, purity, and tone are, of course, increasingly scarce.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 May 2026
As the saying goes, anyway, pressure makes diamonds.
—Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
The weekend showcased Chanel snow boots, one-of-a-kind furs, diamonds the size of ice cubes.
—Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
Cheerfully unconcerned with any notion of what real lawyers might wear to work, costume designer Paula Bradley creates her own fantasy version of office wear involving jewel-tone hats and gloves, diamonds the size of baseballs and enormous displays of cleavage.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
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
Lucid in its clean, limpid minimalism, Mitchell’s prose was like a beautiful, clear river, its bottom not muddy but sparkling—sparkling with what might simply be gravel catching the light or, perhaps, diamonds worth diving for.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
Powerful new lasers and x-rays are enabling geologists like Korolev, a researcher at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, to probe increasingly small flecks of minerals in deep diamonds.
—James Dinneen, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Kith Women, in partnership with Vivrelle, a luxury membership club offering designer handbags, jewelry and diamonds, will open a summer-long pop-up in Bridgehampton.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
Both houses say collectors are increasingly drawn to rare, colored diamonds, which make up only a fraction of all the diamonds mined around the world.
—CBS News, 14 May 2026
Crater of Diamonds is the only place in the world where the public can dig up natural diamonds in their original volcanic source.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Pedro unearths an old lunchbox filled with red diamonds.
—Roberto Prieto, Variety, 13 May 2026
Giant drilling machines nearly the length of two football fields armed with cutters harder than diamonds will chew through dense rock.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
Blue diamonds of this size, purity, and tone are, of course, increasingly scarce.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 May 2026
As the saying goes, anyway, pressure makes diamonds.
—Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Verb
Jackie Jackson is opulently dressed for a football game, diamonds blazing on both hands, chandelier earrings, and black high heels under her trousers.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
The weekend showcased Chanel snow boots, one-of-a-kind furs, diamonds the size of ice cubes.
—Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
Cheerfully unconcerned with any notion of what real lawyers might wear to work, costume designer Paula Bradley creates her own fantasy version of office wear involving jewel-tone hats and gloves, diamonds the size of baseballs and enormous displays of cleavage.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
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
Lucid in its clean, limpid minimalism, Mitchell’s prose was like a beautiful, clear river, its bottom not muddy but sparkling—sparkling with what might simply be gravel catching the light or, perhaps, diamonds worth diving for.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diamonds
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Myanmar produces 90% of the world’s rubies, but human rights groups urge jewelers to boycott the gems because the industry finances both military governments and ethnic armed groups fueling civil conflict.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Flaherty hopes to bring some gems to the Jayhawk program.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
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This year’s collection had a bumper crop of 41 millionaire pieces, with a handful breaching the mid-seven-figure barrier, among them the jewels with important sapphires, emeralds and rubies.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
10 May 2026
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Her sculptural face is framed by a crown of fabric wrapped around her head and is dripping with jewels.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Now researchers have identified a new material within trinitite called a clathrate—a cagelike chemical lattice that traps other atoms inside it.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
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Their daughter, Rose, traps them in her dolls.—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2026
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“Diamonds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diamonds. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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