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 public trust doctrine, enshrined in the Wisconsin Constitution, says the public has access to waterways up to the high water mark.
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Still, he's most closely associated with another Barcelona icon, a player enshrined at the club's museum, who played for Barça from 2004-2021 and won eight Ballons d'Or.
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While division over ideology isn't new to the department, Richters said, dialogue needs to improve and leadership needs to respect freedoms enshrined in the First Amendment.
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Under the proposal, Ukraine would also cap the size of its armed forces at 600,000 personnel, enshrine in its constitution a permanent renunciation of NATO membership, and accept a guarantee that NATO would never station troops in Ukrainian territory.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
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Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Still, he's most closely associated with another Barcelona icon, a player enshrined at the club's museum, who played for Barça from 2004-2021 and won eight Ballons d'Or.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
While division over ideology isn't new to the department, Richters said, dialogue needs to improve and leadership needs to respect freedoms enshrined in the First Amendment.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 1 Dec. 2025
Under the proposal, Ukraine would also cap the size of its armed forces at 600,000 personnel, enshrine in its constitution a permanent renunciation of NATO membership, and accept a guarantee that NATO would never station troops in Ukrainian territory.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Enshrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enshrine. Accessed 7 Dec. 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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