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as in sacred
not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with
the teacher's book of grades is sacrosanct, and someone could be expelled for changing anything in it
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as in holy
set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God
believers eventually built a chapel on the sacrosanct spot where the miracle was thought to have taken place
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Recent Examples of sacrosanct
Over the years, the Impoundment Control Act would come to be viewed as sacrosanct at the OMB.
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Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Many of these cuts were to scientific research, something that, for decades, both parties had treated as sacrosanct, steadily boosting funds for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The sentiment of style being sacrosanct at Old Trafford may have softened somewhat given their malaise in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson years, but the practicality that proved numbingly successful at Wembley that day appears to be taking hold in this season’s Premier League.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Education spending in particular is sacrosanct to lawmakers, so soon after the state celebrated finally meeting constitutional funding requirements after more than a decade of chronic underfunding.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
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Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Many of these cuts were to scientific research, something that, for decades, both parties had treated as sacrosanct, steadily boosting funds for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The sentiment of style being sacrosanct at Old Trafford may have softened somewhat given their malaise in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson years, but the practicality that proved numbingly successful at Wembley that day appears to be taking hold in this season’s Premier League.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Education spending in particular is sacrosanct to lawmakers, so soon after the state celebrated finally meeting constitutional funding requirements after more than a decade of chronic underfunding.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacrosanct
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The light instrumentation creates space for Dave’s voice to reverberate across generations—kinship as a survival practice and a sacred obligation.—
Petala Ironcloud,
Pitchfork,
20 Jan. 2026
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Kirk’s allies quickly tried to tell a new story—one of Kirk as sacred martyr.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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Weeks later and about 90 blocks south, fellow Tony winner Matthew Broderick began playing the pious con man that causes holy hell in Lucas Hnath and Sarah Benson’s gender-bending revival.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Some holy texts relocated to safety On the outside of the Beth Israel synagogue, which serves some 150 families, boards cover windows that stretch nearly from floor to ceiling, and soot stains concrete.—
Jason Carroll,
CNN Money,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Sacrosanct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacrosanct. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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