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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President Trump has also long argued that global trade rules, enshrined in entities like the World Trade Organization, disdvantage the U.S. by, for example, permitting countries like China, Germany and Japan to subsidize key industries.
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
And are the protections of the First Amendment, enshrined in the Constitution, fading?
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
On Tuesday, DeSantis accused the House of working with the media to undermine his proposal to enshrine into law a program his wife created in 2021 called Hope Florida.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
But here’s the thing: the executive order leaves out key facts about America’s history, like how the Founding Fathers enshrined slavery in the Constitution and declared enslaved people to be three-fifths of a person.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 31 Mar. 2025
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
And are the protections of the First Amendment, enshrined in the Constitution, fading?
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
On Tuesday, DeSantis accused the House of working with the media to undermine his proposal to enshrine into law a program his wife created in 2021 called Hope Florida.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
But here’s the thing: the executive order leaves out key facts about America’s history, like how the Founding Fathers enshrined slavery in the Constitution and declared enslaved people to be three-fifths of a person.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Enshrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enshrine. Accessed 30 Apr. 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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