as in prize
someone or something unusually desirable
that job is considered a real plum in the broadcasting business
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Recent Examples of plum
Mooncat offers a variety of magnetic polishes, too, including Allure editor favorites such as Fields of Lavender (a plum shade with glittering hints of red) and Quicksand’s Embrace (a sandy pink with a subtle silvery purple holographic stripe).
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Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 24 Sep. 2025
These, along with an orchard featuring an array of fruit trees including apricots, nectarines, oranges, lemons, limes, plums, peaches, figs, guavas and jujubes, plus a dragon fruit tower, are all part of the garden’s common area.
—Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
Dressed in dark gray Dior, the former model appeared to hide beneath an umbrella-like, dark plum hat from the off.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
That potentially plum slot will go to Stumble, a single-camera mockumentary set in the junior college cheer squad universe.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
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Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 24 Sep. 2025
These, along with an orchard featuring an array of fruit trees including apricots, nectarines, oranges, lemons, limes, plums, peaches, figs, guavas and jujubes, plus a dragon fruit tower, are all part of the garden’s common area.
—Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
Dressed in dark gray Dior, the former model appeared to hide beneath an umbrella-like, dark plum hat from the off.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
That potentially plum slot will go to Stumble, a single-camera mockumentary set in the junior college cheer squad universe.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plum
Noun
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How many Powerball numbers are needed to win a prize?—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Founded in 2005, MiraChechu Productions began as Rey’s one-man creative vehicle, scripting, animating and voicing shorts that earned national and international prizes.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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
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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
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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The pearl belt, meanwhile, cascaded down the sides of her thighs and featured endless rows of pearls in different sizes.—
Starr Bowenbank,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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Don't clutch your pearls too soon, because the electromagnetic radiation Tesla EVs emit is non-ionizing.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Plum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plum. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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