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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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox coalition partners pushed for the bill’s passage over the Knesset’s failure to enshrine into law an exemption that would allow ultra-Orthodox men to avoid Israel’s mandatory military service.
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Aditi Sangal, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
Our core freedoms may be enshrined in our founding documents, but they are guaranteed to us only in principle.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
O’Neil — who fell short of induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by one vote in 2006 — was finally enshrined there in 2022.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Mainly, the Foo Fighters stuck to the hits that drove them right into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility — 2021 — and made Grohl, who was first enshrined as member of Nirvana in 2014, a two-time inductee.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 24 May 2026
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Aditi Sangal, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
Our core freedoms may be enshrined in our founding documents, but they are guaranteed to us only in principle.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
O’Neil — who fell short of induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by one vote in 2006 — was finally enshrined there in 2022.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Mainly, the Foo Fighters stuck to the hits that drove them right into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility — 2021 — and made Grohl, who was first enshrined as member of Nirvana in 2014, a two-time inductee.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 24 May 2026
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“Enshrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enshrine. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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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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