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as in holy
not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with the sacred trust that exists between elected officials and the electorate

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as in divine
of, relating to, or being God a sacred name that must not be uttered in vain

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Recent Examples of sacred For Campbell, every stage is a sacred space—an opportunity not just to perform, but to serve, uplift, and remind the world of the God’s love. Shelby Stewart, Essence, 2 Apr. 2025 Unruly tourists have caused traffic jams and public commotions, offended local sensibilities, trashed the environment, and desecrated sacred sites. Chad De Guzman, Time, 28 Mar. 2025 In 2024, officials implemented the first tourist tax of ¥2,000 (about $13.33) and a visitor limit for the iconic and sacred mountain due to an influx of human traffic jams and littering, USA TODAY previously reported. Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025 Timberland boots aren’t a closed practice or a sacred emblem, but their reinvention serves as yet another reminder of how easily African-American culture or 'hip-hop culture,’ as Carter frames it, can be reinterpreted without proper acknowledgment. Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sacred
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  • Continue reading … ‘MANY SURPRISES’ – Archaeologists discover proof of Bible verse at holiest site in Christianity.
    FOXNews.com, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Across religions and their various significant and holy sites, people of all faiths have shared in Khalafalla’s experience.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
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  • Manufacturers want to divine where to build their next factory.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Maybe some divine intervention can help Pederson and Marsh get off the schneid.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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  • Francis urged political leaders to guard against religious extremism and warned Catholics not to force their faith on others during a 2024 visit to Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The Founders envisioned a country free from the establishment of a single religious tradition — not for the good of the state as much as for the integrity of religious practice and to avoid competition between faiths for government resources.
    Chloe Breyer, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • The Pitt was created by R. Scott Gemmill, a former writer and producer on ER, the venerable Emmy-winning series that ran 15 seasons on NBC.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Kronos Quartet Over more than five decades, musicians in this venerable contemporary classical group have paid homage to Sun Ra and incorporated space sounds recorded by NASA into their music.
    Neda Ulaby, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
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  • Finally, end the meal with a heavenly dessert of miniature Key lime pies.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Preacher Boy shows off his heavenly voice and affinity for jazz music, but his father, an actual preacher, rebukes the genre as the devil’s music, like most good Christians did back then.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 18 Apr. 2025
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  • The most captivating of the three love stories is Smoke’s reunion with Annie (Wunmi Mosaku), a Hoodoo conjurer and Orisha spiritual healer who runs a small plantation store, where their infant son is buried outside under an oak tree.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • This choice jells with the Spanish psytrance producer’s generally hard aesthetic: her intricate music — laced with a spiritual chants and loaded with kickdrum — is intense, as are looks favoring latex and snakes as accessories.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • Be a sigma men/women and ignore this worldly temporary stuff and make your Lord Happy and stay blessed here and hereafter.
    Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Yet any swerve away from Trump’s blessed route risks ending with House Republicans pursuing a vote-of-no-confidence against Johnson, who has so far been impressively steady at the helm of a caucus that is unwieldy at best.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • Our band, too, found ourselves on a prickly path to one of the most revered venues in the country.
    Ryan Miller, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The is a revered tradition, held every Tuesday Masters week.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025

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“Sacred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacred. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

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