enshrinement

Definition of enshrinementnext

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Recent Examples of enshrinement The enshrinement ceremony will take place in August at the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026 The enshrinement ceremony will take place in August at the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026 Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald and Kuechly headline the 15 modern-era finalists, with between three and five gaining enshrinement. Mike Sando, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026 Arison, 76, has declined interview requests ahead of his Hall of Fame enshrinement. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enshrinement
Noun
  • What could have been a biting portrait of the glorification of female beauty is softened by a simple happy ending—in a world where no ending can possibly be simple, whether happy or not.
    Sarah Chihaya, New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2026
  • What’s troubling is the gradual and persistent normalization of eating disorder culture, which includes the glorification of one specific body type to the exclusion and detriment of others.
    Michelle Konstantinovsky, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The show, which originally confined itself to the claustrophobic ecosystem of the trading floor, has expanded to include the grubby workings of British media and politics, and to show the intersection of the country’s landed aristocracy with other, newer forms of class aggrandizement.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
  • And there were many others in the floundering nation-states of Asia and Africa who succumbed to the American ideology of individual aggrandizement and self-cherishing.
    Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At our core is the exaltation of free speech, expression and personal liberty.
    Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In the lead-up to this moment, Venus squares Uranus on February 8 before entering Pisces, the sign of her exaltation, on February 10.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Themes of self-ennoblement run throughout this playful and prodigious jazz-pop suite, a quartet of songs explore the pleasures (and sometimes, perils) of gassing yourself up.
    Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That’s high praise from one who has coached four Hall of Famers and several more who are destined to be so, but this team broke an eight-year championship drought last season and, despite the loss of superstar Paige Bueckers, didn’t skip a beat this year.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
  • To receive that type of praise meant a lot to Miles and only added to her eagerness to finally face one of the greatest coaches in the game.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • McLean walked off the field to an ovation from the visiting fans and from many of the home fans as well.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The 41-year-old Burns received a nice ovation from the home crowd when he was recognized for the accomplishment during the first television timeout of the game.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Instead, an excellent academic publisher, Edinburgh University Press, has made a fine job of it, including a cover design, at the editors’ request, in tribute to the old Hogarth Press style.
    Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Flames defenseman Zach Whitecloud received a video tribute at the first timeout of the opening period.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026

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“Enshrinement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enshrinement. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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