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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Based on winning political points, the rabbi’s inauthentic script aims to enshrine Palestinian guilt and Israeli innocence.
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Sunita Sah, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
Johnson also told Southern states not to ratify the 14th Amendment, whose purpose was to enshrine both citizenship and equal protection in the Constitution.
—David Cason, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
Based on winning political points, the rabbi’s inauthentic script aims to enshrine Palestinian guilt and Israeli innocence.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
Gill’s bill is the latest of many Republican efforts to enshrine Trump’s legacy in some way.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Enshrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enshrine. Accessed 19 Mar. 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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