as in exalting
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as in elevating
to assign a high status or value to
some teachers tend to enshrine their personal preferences as sacred rules of English grammar
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Recent Examples of enshrining
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Earlier this year, the General Assembly passed the Maryland Voting Rights Act, enshrining components of the federal VRA into state law.
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Anthony G. Brown,
Baltimore Sun,
26 June 2026
Trump signed the bill, enshrining their orders into law.
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Anna Maria Barry-Jester,
ProPublica,
22 June 2026
State constitutions, which often have clauses enshrining equality and education, can serve as a pathway for challenges to segregation that results from economics and housing patterns, said Robert Williams, a professor of law emeritus at Rutgers University.
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Annie Ma,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
That comment was even entered as an exhibit in the court case, officially enshrining Musk’s lies into the judicial record.
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Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
30 Apr. 2026
On May 8, 1969, the Warriors made Long Rife their 13th-round selection in that year’s draft, enshrining her in the history books as the first woman drafted by an NBA team.
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Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
As the family's struggle unfolded, Castillo’s case was closely followed in Spain, which passed legislation in 2021 enshrining the right to euthanasia and medically assisted suicide for patients meeting certain conditions.
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ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
Several states, including New York and Connecticut, have taken further action, enshrining new bills in 2025 and 2026 mandating hospitals develop specific cybersecurity plans to protect patients.
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Jeffrey Tully,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
This includes re-enshrining, codifying and strengthening our inalienable rights in the United States and abolishing ICE to ensure immigration and the struggle of migrants is treated as a civilian one, requiring support instead of brutality and criminalization.
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Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Verb
So this was really a dispute among the justices about understanding how far the victors basically of the civil war wanted to go in enshrining ideas about broad US citizenship.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Earlier this year, the General Assembly passed the Maryland Voting Rights Act, enshrining components of the federal VRA into state law.
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Anthony G. Brown,
Baltimore Sun,
26 June 2026
Trump signed the bill, enshrining their orders into law.
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Anna Maria Barry-Jester,
ProPublica,
22 June 2026
State constitutions, which often have clauses enshrining equality and education, can serve as a pathway for challenges to segregation that results from economics and housing patterns, said Robert Williams, a professor of law emeritus at Rutgers University.
—
Annie Ma,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
That comment was even entered as an exhibit in the court case, officially enshrining Musk’s lies into the judicial record.
—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
30 Apr. 2026
On May 8, 1969, the Warriors made Long Rife their 13th-round selection in that year’s draft, enshrining her in the history books as the first woman drafted by an NBA team.
—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
As the family's struggle unfolded, Castillo’s case was closely followed in Spain, which passed legislation in 2021 enshrining the right to euthanasia and medically assisted suicide for patients meeting certain conditions.
—
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
Several states, including New York and Connecticut, have taken further action, enshrining new bills in 2025 and 2026 mandating hospitals develop specific cybersecurity plans to protect patients.
—
Jeffrey Tully,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enshrining
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The squad has won four matches in a row, elevating it for the first time in four decades to the competition’s round of 16.
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Since the Wright Brothers first took flight in 1903, the aerospace industry in particular has played a key role in elevating travel, commerce and defense, while helping to forge a national identity.
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Good Chop is dedicated to providing the finest cuts of meat while promoting sustainable practices.
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The company threw a lavish caviar party at Cannes and in May hosted panels promoting its cinematic tool at Amazon’s AI on the Lot event in Culver City.
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Proponents say the workout’s minimal movements, like short sets of squats and lifting light weights, leave them with soreness but also increase their muscle.
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This mission will attempt to place a batch of CubeSats into orbit after lifting off from Andøya Spaceport in Norway.
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