the crown
noun
1
or the Crown
: the government of a country that is officially ruled by a king or queen
the blessing of the Spanish crown
allegiance to the crown
She was appointed by the Crown.
2
: the position of power that a king or queen has
When the king died childless, his brother assumed the crown.
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Your dad measures from the tip of one middle finger to its opposite, and then from your heels to the crown of your skull.
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Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Harvard still takes the crown for having the most alumni now serving as top CEOs; according to a Fortune analysis last year, nearly 6% of all Fortune 1000 CEOs have a Harvard MBA.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, her muddy blond hair was styled in a messy half-up, half-down look, the back of her hair propped up on the crown of her head like a bird’s nest.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
That enabled the attackers to perform Kerberoasting, a form of attack that Wyden said the attackers used to pivot from the contractor laptop directly to the crown jewel of Ascension’s network security.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Harvard still takes the crown for having the most alumni now serving as top CEOs; according to a Fortune analysis last year, nearly 6% of all Fortune 1000 CEOs have a Harvard MBA.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, her muddy blond hair was styled in a messy half-up, half-down look, the back of her hair propped up on the crown of her head like a bird’s nest.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
That enabled the attackers to perform Kerberoasting, a form of attack that Wyden said the attackers used to pivot from the contractor laptop directly to the crown jewel of Ascension’s network security.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the crown
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“The crown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20crown. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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