crown jewels

noun

plural of crown jewel
as in jewels
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 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
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  1. jewels
  2. treasures
  3. trophies
Noun
  • The jewels date back to Sofía’s 1962 wedding to the future King Juan Carlos, with the wider suite gifted by Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos and the matching earrings reportedly presented by her mother, Queen Frederica of Greece.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026
  • One of her final outings in the jewels was to the Diplomatic Reception at Buckingham Palace in 2019.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of jewels
Noun
  • Then there are the treasures from the Alexander McQueen and Nicolas Ghesquière-era Balenciaga archives.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Harrison added that among the treasures in the collection are personal photos that haven’t left the band’s archive in more than 40 years, as well as album sketches and other rare keepsakes.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of treasures
Noun
  • The musical recently scored an impressive seven wins at the 2026 Olivier Awards, trophies for Best New Musical, Best Director for Luke Sheppard and Best Actor in a musical for James Hameed and Arti Shah, who jointly portray Paddington.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Princess Anne would present trophies and Zara would compete, as photographers took pictures of Anne’s grandchildren frolicking.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of trophies

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