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verb

past tense of enshrine

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Recent Examples of enshrined
Verb
With his steady pace of indigenous reconciliation efforts, Trudeau settled land claims, strengthened indigenous autonomy, worked to improve indigenous living conditions, and enshrined a day of National Reconciliation and Truth to be observed every year. Paula Newton, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025 The study also found that voter ID laws had no significant effect on the turnout of nonwhite voters, contrary to critics’ arguments as to what would happen if the law is enshrined in the state constitution. Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025 Pitino, who had won national titles in 1996 at Kentucky and in 2013 at Louisville, was already enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Tim Casey, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 America has long been celebrated as the land of the free — a place where agency, independence and self-determination are enshrined in our national mythos. Sunita Sah, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025 At the core of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and enshrined in Article 5 of the treaty is the promise of collective defense — that an attack on one member nation is an attack on all. Helen Regan, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025 Both China and Panama deny there is any foreign interference in the 50-mile canal, whose neutrality is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution. Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025 Boston’s sanctuary status is enshrined in the Trust Act, a 2014 local law that prohibits city police and other departments from cooperating with federal authorities on civil immigration detainers. Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2025 Later this year, the Hall of Fame's Contemporary Baseball Era committee is set to meet to discuss whether Sosa, McGwire and others embroiled in the controversy will be enshrined in history. Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enshrined
Adjective
  • Our band, too, found ourselves on a prickly path to one of the most revered venues in the country.
    Ryan Miller, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The is a revered tradition, held every Tuesday Masters week.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The shoe also elevated the game in terms of marketing.
    Jason Jones, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Ennis was elevated to full champion status in November 2023 when the sanctioning body stripped Terence Crawford of the belt not long after Crawford unified the welterweight titles with a win over Errol Spence Jr.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Pippen was promoted from his two-way deal to a roster contract and has played every game for a team with the second-best record in the West.
    Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Vogue Ukraine has always supported and promoted young national talents.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • As part of the plan, the United States immediately lifted its pause on sharing intelligence with Ukraine, and will resume security assistance to that country, which was invaded by Russia more than three years ago.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Raymond James analyst David Long also said Wells Fargo’s operating losses would likely narrow even further if the cap were to be lifted.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • However, the oil miraculously burned for eight days until new consecrated oil could be found.
    Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
  • That was the most moving moment of the day for Marie Capucine, 37, a consecrated virgin representing her Parisian parish of Saint Germain des Prés at the reopening.
    THOMAS ADAMSON AND SYLVIE CORBET THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024

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“Enshrined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enshrined. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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