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past tense of enshrine

enshrined

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adjective

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Recent Examples of enshrined
Adjective
Up to three of those five could have been enshrined. Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025 Although the protections outlined in IDEA remain enshrined in law, without federal attorneys and other staffers enforcing the act, students with disabilities and their families have fewer options when those protections are violated, Wriston said. Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025 For the Tigers, that meant players who, in a universe where there were no double plays, or a ball got through the infield, or a few calls went another way, might have been enshrined in October immortality. Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025 Kurdish negotiators countered that titles without real budgets and oversight are ceremonial unless enshrined in constitutional provisions. Hassan Hassan, Time, 11 Oct. 2025 The turn of the millennium was thought to be an occasion that should be enshrined in the city’s architecture. Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025 At the center of the overhaul enshrined in the One Big Beautiful Bill is the phaseout of the federal Grad PLUS loan program, which for two decades allowed graduates to borrow up to the full cost of attendance. Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025 The right to due process is enshrined in both the federal and Massachusetts Constitutions, so any accusation otherwise stings. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025 His action drew a series of lawsuits arguing among other things that the order violates a right enshrined in the Constitution's 14th Amendment that provides that anyone born in the United States is a citizen. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enshrined
Verb
  • Still, the major averages ended last week with solid gains — keeping market valuations elevated.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Jimmy Butler is a six-time NBA All-Star, five-time All-NBA and five-time All-Defensive team selection and a perennial two-way wing who has elevated every franchise he's played for over his 14-year NBA career.
    Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The revered text, which follows a devastating family feud and explores profound philosophical and spiritual ideas, has had numerous film and TV adaptations, including an immensely popular one on Indian state broadcasting channel Doordarshan and one by Peter Brook, which was recently restored.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Of all the Belle of Louisville's historic features, one area of the revered steamboat is clearly the most audible.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2022, He was promoted directly to vice-chair of the military commission, skipping the usual step of serving on the 205-member Central Committee.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The biggest piece of season 4 casting news to emerge is that Janney will be promoted to a series regular alongside Bradley Whitford, who plays Todd Penn, Grace's husband.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Kathleen Chalfant – a venerated stage actress with memorable turns in film and television – is officially entering the gauntlet for this year’s best actress prize.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The American restaurateur, who also owns and operates the venerated Savannah restaurant the Grey, alongside chef Mashama Bailey, was referring to the two-year legal battle to install a ventilation system.
    Alexander Lobrano, Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Elsewhere, the details lifted from the book suffer in translation – Branagh’s Victor is appropriately arrogant but not adequately tortured; De Niro’s Monster is sensitive and intuitive, but drowns in the film’s hurried, hollow second half.
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The advisory was lifted Monday morning.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But there is more: a little way back from the water, knuckle-like boulders of sandstone or some other friable rock sharpen the ambience of a consecrated space.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • 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 22 Oct. 2025.

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