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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If President Trump directs his administration to ignore that injunction, and issues preemptive pardons to any member of his administration involved in implementing that permanently enjoined policy, that will be the death of the separation of powers enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
Democratic and left-leaning lawmakers have tried to enshrine a $15 minimum into law several times, most recently in 2021 as part of the American Rescue Plan.
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Proposition 133 would nullify the creation of open primaries and enshrine the current partisan primary system in the state Constitution.
—Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
The other would enshrine in the constitution the state’s current law, which bars most abortions after 12 weeks — but would allow for further restrictions.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
Democratic and left-leaning lawmakers have tried to enshrine a $15 minimum into law several times, most recently in 2021 as part of the American Rescue Plan.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Proposition 133 would nullify the creation of open primaries and enshrine the current partisan primary system in the state Constitution.
—Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
The other would enshrine in the constitution the state’s current law, which bars most abortions after 12 weeks — but would allow for further restrictions.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Enshrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enshrine. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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enshrine
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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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