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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The lawsuit asserts that any ban on mandatory meetings infringes the employers’ free-speech rights as enshrined in the 1st Amendment.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Sidney Crosby and Marc-Andre Fleury are the best of friends and will one day have their faces enshrined in the Great Hall at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Tax cuts and credits enshrined in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Trump’s signature reform, are set to expire at the end of next year.
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The upcoming book about Ali keeps with the publisher's recent theme of enshrining boxers in comic books.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Sidney Crosby and Marc-Andre Fleury are the best of friends and will one day have their faces enshrined in the Great Hall at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Tax cuts and credits enshrined in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Trump’s signature reform, are set to expire at the end of next year.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
The upcoming book about Ali keeps with the publisher's recent theme of enshrining boxers in comic books.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Enshrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enshrine. Accessed 18 Jan. 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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