enskied

verb

past tense of ensky
as in elevated
to assign a high status or value to a society that seems to have enskied celebrity as an end in itself

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  1. elevated
  2. promoted
  3. lifted
  4. enshrined
Verb
  • What remains disputed is whether those beliefs motivated the Tate-LaBianca murders or whether, as Berlinger argues, prosecutors elevated them into the central theory of their case.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • This El Niño event has taken hold at a time when sea surface temperatures in the Pacific were already significantly elevated.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of elevated
Verb
  • Sunderland, of course, spent heavily last season after coming up from the Championship, and there is a broad consensus that promoted teams need to do so to quickly bring their squads up to scratch.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Where were all the groups that past mayors promoted over police involvement?
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of promoted
Verb
  • Sauer added, warning of potential confusion if the order is not lifted.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2026
  • From the moment the shutters were lifted, at noon, until they were pulled down, at ten, there were men outside.
    — Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of lifted
Verb
  • Candidates who receive at least 20 of the 25 possible votes (80 percent) will be enshrined that year.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The sovereignty claim is enshrined in Argentina’s constitution and frequently invoked as an expression of national identity, from banknotes to World Cup soccer chants.
    — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of enshrined
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“Enskied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enskied. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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