enshrined; enshrining; enshrines
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some teachers tend to enshrine their personal preferences as sacred rules of English grammar
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The Harlem Renaissance was filled with poetry and song—and with performance, as enshrined in Greaves’s footage which features many spontaneous, thrillingly theatrical recitations of poems by Bontemps, Hughes, Cullen, and McKay.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
The proposal represents one of the most forceful legislative attempts yet to enshrine a political figure's legacy into public higher-education spaces.
—John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Gary Patterson was one of eight TCU legends enshrined into the university’s Athletics Hall of Fame on Thursday, and the team honored them at halftime of the team’s rivalry game against SMU on Saturday.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2025
There is, of course, no doubt Belichick will accept his invitation to that Hall and be enshrined in-person one day in Canton.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
The proposal represents one of the most forceful legislative attempts yet to enshrine a political figure's legacy into public higher-education spaces.
—John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Gary Patterson was one of eight TCU legends enshrined into the university’s Athletics Hall of Fame on Thursday, and the team honored them at halftime of the team’s rivalry game against SMU on Saturday.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2025
There is, of course, no doubt Belichick will accept his invitation to that Hall and be enshrined in-person one day in Canton.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Enshrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enshrine. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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enshrine
verb
en·shrine
in-ˈshrīn 
enshrined; enshrining
1
: to enclose in or as if in a shrine
2
: to preserve or cherish as sacred
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