as in to elevate
to assign a high status or value to
the literary world has enthroned Shakespeare for so long that his preeminence among writers seems unassailable
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Recent Examples of enthrone
King Charles was enthroned with the commanding St. Edward's Crown, used only to crown a new monarch.
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Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
Hierarchies in art, with painting and sculpture enthroned at the top, don’t make sense either.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
For the proclamation ceremony enthroning Japan's Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria showed up in full formal dress—in Victoria's case, an elegant, bright purple outfit with a matching hat.
—Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 13 Aug. 2023
Khan’s populist and polarizing bid to regain power has been dealt a huge, most likely fatal blow by the institution that once enthroned Khan.
—Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2023
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Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
Hierarchies in art, with painting and sculpture enthroned at the top, don’t make sense either.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
For the proclamation ceremony enthroning Japan's Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria showed up in full formal dress—in Victoria's case, an elegant, bright purple outfit with a matching hat.
—Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 13 Aug. 2023
Khan’s populist and polarizing bid to regain power has been dealt a huge, most likely fatal blow by the institution that once enthroned Khan.
—Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enthrone
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The 2025 Emmy Awards on Sunday night will celebrate many TV shows that elevate deeply personal issues to high drama.—
Jair Hilburn,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Scott tried to elevate a fastball.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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However, the president’s criticism of mail-in ballots could risk disrupting the inroads Republicans made with voters last cycle, with the party spending millions promoting mail-in ballots ahead of the 2024 election.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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It was created with the intention of promoting AI fluency and a future-ready, AI-confident workforce.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Summer is usually the time of long days and longer vacations, but summer 2025 was a season where the business world’s inviolable godhead, the chief executive officer, looked less and less like a position worth exalting.—
Ian Chaffee,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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While knowledge has been exalted by artists, poets, philosophers and scientists, dictatorships have been opposed not only by great humanists but also by science itself.—
Davide Sartini,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Enthrone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enthrone. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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