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
There are both yellow and red tomato varieties bred for heat tolerance, with smaller cherry and plum varieties generally handling high temperatures better than larger varieties.
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The Spruce,
28 June 2026
This delightful 100 percent Garnacha wine has aromas of vanilla, oak, caramel, red plum, and raspberry with soft, supporting tannins and flavors of blackberry, plum, and cassis.
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Mike Desimone,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
There’s a book called Meihua Yishu (Plum Blossom Divination) that describes how to predict events for the next day by observing plum blossoms.
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Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
The $137,000 piece stood out against her simple yet elegant plum-colored coat dress with a matching pillbox hat.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
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The Spruce,
28 June 2026
This delightful 100 percent Garnacha wine has aromas of vanilla, oak, caramel, red plum, and raspberry with soft, supporting tannins and flavors of blackberry, plum, and cassis.
—
Mike Desimone,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
There’s a book called Meihua Yishu (Plum Blossom Divination) that describes how to predict events for the next day by observing plum blossoms.
—
Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
The $137,000 piece stood out against her simple yet elegant plum-colored coat dress with a matching pillbox hat.
—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plum
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Win prizes playing interactive games, network with artists and entrepreneurs and enjoy signature drinks and bar snacks available for purchase.
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When the Allied powers prevailed in World War II, the United States took the ship as a war prize.
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On the New Jersey artist’s debut album, a steady stream of screwball ideas coalesce into unexpectedly existential laptop twee gems.
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The design features an array of glittery gems across the straps.
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Hanson has long tried to dismantle the crown jewel of Howard’s legacy—yet after Australia’s worst mass shooting since Port Arthur, her rhetoric and Howard’s converged.
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He is draped across a chair, jewels on his hand glistening, and fur rugs lining the floor.
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The weekly markets turn to late-season treasure—figs, truffles, chestnuts, cheeses and olives.
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Enola also realizes that Tewkesbury's family must have hidden the gold in Maltese cliff, because Tewkesbury previously told her stories about a treasure hidden there.
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In addition to remnants of textile production, the Søften dig turned up silver scraps, coins and pearls that testify to trade and economic activity in the region.
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Her latest collection features pearl necklaces dangling with starfish and gold smiley faces studded with diamonds.
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“Plum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plum. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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