enshrine
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Athens in turn has been irritated by a Turkish plan to enshrine into domestic law claims over parts of the Aegean.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
In response, Hyundai’s union has made unprecedented demands seeking to enshrine job protections in the era of robots and AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
But anxieties about growing diversity and rising indifference had convinced many Americans of the need to enshrine Christianity in the Constitution.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
The UK had been in the process of passing legislation to enshrine the Chagos deal into law.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 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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Unions at the ILO say this by extension enshrines the right to industrial action, but employers disagree.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
In fact, Article IV of the treaty enshrines enrichment as an “inalienable right.”
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
It enshrines the commitment to uphold the Seven Principles of Public Life, and details "the overarching duty on Ministers to comply with the law and to protect the integrity of public life".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025
The measure enshrines the text of the Ten Commandments found in the Protestant King James Version of the Bible.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
Will the form it now enshrines pass away, as the forms of Persia, Rome, the Empire of Akbar, have passed away?
From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by J. A. (John Adam) Cramb
Back in 2000, seven of the deepest and most difficult unresolved questions in mathematics were enshrined as the Millennium Prize Problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
We all grasp what it means to be an American and how that is enshrined in the Constitution.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
The words “Anaheim Angels” are now enshrined in California law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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
It was enshrined in the black carpet, and the black-and- white cabinets, and the black rug in the shape of a panther.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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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
Morocco's King Mohammed VI lauded the vote as "historic," saying "we are opening a new and victorious chapter in the process of enshrining the Moroccan character of the Sahara."
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
Emergency rules now in place require the use of water when risky work is performed, but proponents said enshrining a ban in state law was important because such regulations could change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
It’s a simple and straightforward bill enshrining basic tenets of press freedom, protecting journalists from the government’s investigatory powers.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2024
In addition to the early churches of basilican plan are a few of circular form, such as that at Rome enshrining the tomb of S. Constanza, the daughter of Constantine, dating from about A.D.
From Architecture by Nancy R E Meugens Bell
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