enshrined; enshrining; enshrines
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some teachers tend to enshrine their personal preferences as sacred rules of English grammar
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This was a war to fulfill the vision enshrined in the Declaration: a country where all men are created equal.
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Zaakir Tameez
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
The envelope, please… Set to be enshrined in August are actors Viola Davis and Henry Winkler, the late live-event producer Don Mischer, series creator and writer Ryan Murphy, talk show and recent Oscar host Conan O’Brien and composer Mike Post.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 10 June 2025
Voters enshrined reproductive rights in the Missouri state constitution last year.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 June 2025
The resulting timeline—a chaotic, catty, incendiary voyage into the grievances of the world’s richest man with the president of the United States—should be enshrined as a historical artifact, a front-row seat to the apparent end of an extraordinarily consequential partnership.
—Brian Barrett, Wired News, 5 June 2025
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Zaakir Tameez
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
The envelope, please… Set to be enshrined in August are actors Viola Davis and Henry Winkler, the late live-event producer Don Mischer, series creator and writer Ryan Murphy, talk show and recent Oscar host Conan O’Brien and composer Mike Post.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 10 June 2025
Voters enshrined reproductive rights in the Missouri state constitution last year.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 June 2025
The resulting timeline—a chaotic, catty, incendiary voyage into the grievances of the world’s richest man with the president of the United States—should be enshrined as a historical artifact, a front-row seat to the apparent end of an extraordinarily consequential partnership.
—Brian Barrett, Wired News, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for enshrine
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“Enshrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enshrine. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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enshrine
verb
en·shrine
in-ˈshrīn 
enshrined; enshrining
1
: to enclose in or as if in a shrine
2
: to preserve or cherish as sacred
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