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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Bautista believes Gaston should be enshrined in Cooperstown for his work in Toronto.
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The founders and signers had plenty of opportunities to enshrine Christianity into the documents, but instead went out of their way to prevent that very thing from happening.
—Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
Moreover, the constitutions of many Spanish-speaking republics went beyond enshrining individual rights, also offering protection to el bien común de la Sociedad (‘the common good of society’).
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Historians say white lawmakers in the post-war South sought to enshrine their ability to keep Black men from voting by barring federal forces from bolstering the local militias that protected them.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The founders and signers had plenty of opportunities to enshrine Christianity into the documents, but instead went out of their way to prevent that very thing from happening.
—Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
Moreover, the constitutions of many Spanish-speaking republics went beyond enshrining individual rights, also offering protection to el bien común de la Sociedad (‘the common good of society’).
—Book Marks
july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
Historians say white lawmakers in the post-war South sought to enshrine their ability to keep Black men from voting by barring federal forces from bolstering the local militias that protected them.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for enshrine
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“Enshrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enshrine. Accessed 13 Jul. 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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