enshrine
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Yes, and the risk is that government regulation would enshrine a testing oligopoly that reduces the incentives for due diligence by evaluators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
He was pointing out that it would take constant vigilance to fend off repeated attempts to chip away at the protections he helped enshrine in the Coastal Act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
You may not get everything you want, but we should all agree that the civil rights and liberties the founding fathers sought to enshrine in our Constitution must be defended.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
The state’s true goal, he asserted, is to enshrine “local attitudes” and “a Hawaiian tradition” that “disfavor the carrying of guns” in public to prevent violence.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Working as a lawyer in South Africa meant operating under a debased system of justice, a code of law that did not enshrine equality but its opposite.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The International Court of Justice has been asked to deliver a so-called advisory opinion on whether a treaty drawn up in 1948 by the International Labour Organisation implicitly enshrines the right to strike.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
The Home Rule Act enshrines these rights into federal statute.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025
It also enshrines separation of powers and judicial independence, and guarantees women's rights, freedom of expression and media freedom.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
The settlement agreement enshrines many of those provisions, but it gives the company three more years to close its wells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2023
An ashy cloak The golden ember now enshrines, And barely visible the smoke Upward in a thin stream inclines.
From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Henry Spalding
But he said "children cannot face more delays, so Government must act swiftly and ensure these measures are enshrined in law at the earliest opportunity".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
But it is still a body of American citizens and, after the Progressive Era reforms enshrined in the 17th Amendment, elected by the people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
We all grasp what it means to be an American and how that is enshrined in the Constitution.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Only three Ramones songs ever made it to the Billboard Hot 100 — “Rockaway Beach,” “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker,” and “Do You Wanna Dance,” all absolute bangers that should be enshrined in the culture.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
A large shelf took up most of the wall, with various trophies, championship plates, and photos enshrined behind glass.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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Tegmark, whose appeal to the pope preceded Leo XIV’s warning that AI risked enshrining an “anti-human vision,” said he has been texting with AI company leaders over the past week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Yousef, whose community strongly promotes gender equality, said she also wants to work on "defending women's rights and enshrining them in the country's constitution".
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
In the aftermath of the crime, newly minted fans of Mangione quickly fitted the man with revolutionary trappings, enshrining him as an avenger of working-class power.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
On a national level, enshrining community as a civic value and way of life must serve as a local bulwark against natural disaster and larger political forces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
This version, however, is much later than the Poema, and is chiefly interesting as enshrining many traditions relative to the Cid as well as to the ancient folk-tales of Spain.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence
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