as in elevated
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 enshrined
Paula Newton, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
The study also found that voter ID laws had no significant effect on the turnout of nonwhite voters, contrary to critics’ arguments as to what would happen if the law is enshrined in the state constitution.
—Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
Pitino, who had won national titles in 1996 at Kentucky and in 2013 at Louisville, was already enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
—Tim Casey, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
America has long been celebrated as the land of the free — a place where agency, independence and self-determination are enshrined in our national mythos.
—Sunita Sah, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
At the core of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and enshrined in Article 5 of the treaty is the promise of collective defense — that an attack on one member nation is an attack on all.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Both China and Panama deny there is any foreign interference in the 50-mile canal, whose neutrality is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
Boston’s sanctuary status is enshrined in the Trust Act, a 2014 local law that prohibits city police and other departments from cooperating with federal authorities on civil immigration detainers.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Later this year, the Hall of Fame's Contemporary Baseball Era committee is set to meet to discuss whether Sosa, McGwire and others embroiled in the controversy will be enshrined in history.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
With his steady pace of indigenous reconciliation efforts, Trudeau settled land claims, strengthened indigenous autonomy, worked to improve indigenous living conditions, and enshrined a day of National Reconciliation and Truth to be observed every year.
—Paula Newton, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
The study also found that voter ID laws had no significant effect on the turnout of nonwhite voters, contrary to critics’ arguments as to what would happen if the law is enshrined in the state constitution.
—Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
Pitino, who had won national titles in 1996 at Kentucky and in 2013 at Louisville, was already enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
—Tim Casey, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
America has long been celebrated as the land of the free — a place where agency, independence and self-determination are enshrined in our national mythos.
—Sunita Sah, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
At the core of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and enshrined in Article 5 of the treaty is the promise of collective defense — that an attack on one member nation is an attack on all.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Both China and Panama deny there is any foreign interference in the 50-mile canal, whose neutrality is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
Boston’s sanctuary status is enshrined in the Trust Act, a 2014 local law that prohibits city police and other departments from cooperating with federal authorities on civil immigration detainers.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Later this year, the Hall of Fame's Contemporary Baseball Era committee is set to meet to discuss whether Sosa, McGwire and others embroiled in the controversy will be enshrined in history.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enshrined
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Ennis was elevated to full champion status in November 2023 when the sanctioning body stripped Terence Crawford of the belt not long after Crawford unified the welterweight titles with a win over Errol Spence Jr.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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While his draft stock elevated, the Cowboys kept losing games.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Nichols and Matteson began working together in December 2019, and Nichols signed a deal with revered blues label Fat Possum Records in early 2020.—
Piet Levy,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
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Grateful Dead historian and counterculture author Dennis McNally points out that Marshall’s bad boy reputation does nothing to diminish his legacy as one of music’s most revered photographers.—
Paul Liberatore,
Mercury News,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Vogue Ukraine has always supported and promoted young national talents.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
3 Jan. 2025
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Pippen was promoted from his two-way deal to a roster contract and has played every game for a team with the second-best record in the West.—
Eric Koreen,
The Athletic,
3 Jan. 2025
Verb
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She woman lifted her bra and exposed her breasts on the webcam, before repeating it again towards the end of the interview to comply with his orders.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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Raymond James analyst David Long also said Wells Fargo’s operating losses would likely narrow even further if the cap were to be lifted.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Diving is a consecrated art, but Key struggles with her competing desire to contribute her research to the Museum of Human Memory instead of the temple in which she was raised.—
Natalie Zutter
June 30,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2025
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Churches are fine, but consecrated Earth is dangerous to them.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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“Enshrined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enshrined. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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