inviolate

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Recent Examples of inviolate People respond to the shooting of elementary schoolchildren as a kind of acceptable mayhem to ensure that the right to gun ownership remains inviolate. Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022 This dish is a deli egg-bacon-and-cheese-on-a-roll that has been pasta-fied, fancified, fetishized and turned into an Italian tradition that, like many inviolate Italian traditions, is actually far less old than the Mayflower. Ian Fisher, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022 And whereas individual therapy must take place in an inviolate private sphere, the couples version comes with elements of exposure and artifice built in. Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 10 June 2022 The daily and seasonal rhythms of bright and dark remained largely inviolate throughout all of evolutionary time—a 4-billion-year streak that began to falter in the 19th century. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022 Still more thought the love shown in the work of making a home was one of the few activities capitalism hadn’t tainted and should stand inviolate. Joanna Biggs, The New Republic, 11 Feb. 2022 And determining whether human lifetimes have an inviolate maximum might offer clues to understanding aging, as well as aiding research on prolonging life. Tom Siegfried, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022 One inviolate rule is that everyone who enters must be weighed. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2021 Hence, the nation to them is not all holy, a thing inviolate and inviolable, a thing that a man dare not sell or dishonour on pain of eternal perdition. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 7 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inviolate
Adjective
  • Blackberry Smoke is just a kick-ass band that’s been doing it the right way, the honest way, the hard way, the pure way, for a very long time.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
  • When a curious 6-year-old met a playful dolphin, their precious connection created pure magic.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Industry insiders attribute their rapid rise in part to innovation-friendly rules that allowed tech startups to apply for — and secure — licenses to offer banking and electronic money services with greater ease.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
  • If the sky turns ominous and thunder can be heard, find a secure place for shelter.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Because what matters, what makes Caravaggio so much more than an illustrator, is less the realism of the sacred image than its translation — through the bodies and faces of ordinary people — from the time of the Gospels to now.
    Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Across history, grief has long been honored as a sacred rite of passage.
    Devi Brown, Time, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Inviolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inviolate. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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