as in to elevate
to assign a high status or value to
some teachers tend to enshrine their personal preferences as sacred rules of English grammar
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Recent Examples of enshrine
In 2023, the country enshrined nuclear weapons in its constitution, underscoring how salient the Kim regime views the capability to its survival.
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Price, a former Navy man, is conveying the exhaustion of Black sailors and soldiers in a military that continues to enshrine—most recently, in the names of Army bases—its Confederate enemies.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Billups arrested, gambling, cheating — almost a year to the day he was enshrined into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
Irving will one day be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Price, a former Navy man, is conveying the exhaustion of Black sailors and soldiers in a military that continues to enshrine—most recently, in the names of Army bases—its Confederate enemies.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Billups arrested, gambling, cheating — almost a year to the day he was enshrined into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
Irving will one day be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
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While there have been many fine adaptations of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Alastair Sim's performance as the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge elevates this version to must-see status.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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There’s that kind of intensity and fuel that has fanned the fire of Mirador in someways that’s really elevated the band and the performances.—
Gary Graff,
Billboard,
25 Oct. 2025
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Similarly, the Interstate Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Legal Amazon Region brings together Amazonian states to curb deforestation, promote green agriculture and attract green investment.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Ausberry was promoted to the interim job in Woodward’s place, and the board gave him the authority to lead the coaching hire.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Enshrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enshrine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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