crown jewel
noun
1
crown jewels plural
: the jewels (such as the crown and scepter) belonging to a sovereign's regalia
2
: the most attractive or valuable one of a collection or group
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Examples of crown jewel in a Sentence
The painting is the crown jewel of the museum's collection.
one of the company's crown jewels
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Even still, the Virgin Group CEO appears to be getting his affairs in order to ensure his crown jewel, Virgin Atlantic, stays in the family long after he’s gone.
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Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 10 June 2024
Consequently, there is also a bustling and lucrative cyber security industry that oversees securing corporations' most important assets, dubbed by the industry as ‘crown jewels.’
3 Generations of Digital Protection
Some giants are experts at securing the company’s servers and any internal hardware.
—Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
The broad impact of this campaign underscores the urgent need for credential monitoring, the universal enforcement of MFA and secure authentication, limiting traffic to trusted locations for crown jewels, and alerting on abnormal access attempts.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
New dining concepts have also appeared at the Riviera’s crown jewels.
—Amy Louise Bailey, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2023
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Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 10 June 2024
Consequently, there is also a bustling and lucrative cyber security industry that oversees securing corporations' most important assets, dubbed by the industry as ‘crown jewels.’
3 Generations of Digital Protection
Some giants are experts at securing the company’s servers and any internal hardware.
—Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
The broad impact of this campaign underscores the urgent need for credential monitoring, the universal enforcement of MFA and secure authentication, limiting traffic to trusted locations for crown jewels, and alerting on abnormal access attempts.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
New dining concepts have also appeared at the Riviera’s crown jewels.
—Amy Louise Bailey, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2023
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“Crown jewel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crown%20jewel. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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