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
At an art museum, a dance club’s once forward-leaning experience of scrappy social optimism — life and liberty fueling the pursuit of happiness — is enshrined as a necessary and valiant cultural value, which lends richness to Rosales’ otherwise simple materials.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
Neither of those players is enshrined with the wishbone C on their cap, but Joey Votto will be.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Visitors on Sunday dropped colorful flowers — including many yellow roses — on the intersection where Floyd was murdered, decorating a memorial enshrining him on the city's streets.
—Shaquille Brewster, NBC news, 26 May 2025
The Biden administration was poised to enshrine a few powerful companies as the arbiters of AI, handing them and the government power to determine what is and isn’t ethical.
—Nathan Schneider, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
Neither of those players is enshrined with the wishbone C on their cap, but Joey Votto will be.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Visitors on Sunday dropped colorful flowers — including many yellow roses — on the intersection where Floyd was murdered, decorating a memorial enshrining him on the city's streets.
—Shaquille Brewster, NBC news, 26 May 2025
The Biden administration was poised to enshrine a few powerful companies as the arbiters of AI, handing them and the government power to determine what is and isn’t ethical.
—Nathan Schneider, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
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Core inflation, which excludes the volatile food and energy categories, remains elevated at 2.5%.—
Lionel Lim,
Fortune,
19 June 2025
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Even so, Trump has raged at Powell for more than seven years after the president elevated him to lead the Fed in 2017.—
Sylvan Lane,
The Hill,
18 June 2025
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This intergovernmental coalition brings together 43 countries, working collectively to promote and defend freedom of religion or belief worldwide.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Channels can also pay to be promoted to the app's 1.5 billion users.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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“Enshrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enshrine. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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