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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
In response, each state implemented the three-tier system, which remains in effect today and has even been upheld as sacrosanct by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
That maneuver went at the heart of what was regarded as a sacrosanct tenet in American government: that civil servants remain outside partisan politics and can’t be fired without due process.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 9 Feb. 2025
Editors’ Picks 36 Hours in Guadalajara, Mexico The Fed’s independence is sacrosanct among most economists and many investors.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
What ought to be the safest, most sacrosanct place in any sane society has been trashed — and to what end?
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
That maneuver went at the heart of what was regarded as a sacrosanct tenet in American government: that civil servants remain outside partisan politics and can’t be fired without due process.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 9 Feb. 2025
Editors’ Picks 36 Hours in Guadalajara, Mexico The Fed’s independence is sacrosanct among most economists and many investors.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
What ought to be the safest, most sacrosanct place in any sane society has been trashed — and to what end?
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
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Because what matters, what makes Caravaggio so much more than an illustrator, is less the realism of the sacred image than its translation — through the bodies and faces of ordinary people — from the time of the Gospels to now.—
Jason Farago,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, the applicants aim to honor the sacred and historical significance of the buttes to Native American history and mythology.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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As the world mourns Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, age 88—a symbolic end following the Church’s holiest calendar.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Loading your audio article Pope Francis never visited California or his holy namesake’s city by the bay, but in many ways, the heart of his message made a tremendous imprint here.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Sacrosanct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacrosanct. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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