enshrine

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

Giving Americans access to high-quality, low-cost cars would enshrine him as a champion for struggling American households.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

Those were investigative grand jury hearings, meaning prosecutors could use them to enshrine testimony against Burke, but could not use the proceedings to secure an indictment against Burke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 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

Unions at the ILO say this by extension enshrines the right to industrial action, but employers disagree.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

The Home Rule Act enshrines these rights into federal statute.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025

Using a style of elegant lyricism, which enshrines tiny moments into glisteningly miraculous turning points, Erice lets the exchanges between the people he’s conceived play out without the need to advance the plot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2024

General Assembly in Paris on December 10, 1948, enshrines a standard for human rights and freedoms for all people.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023

And here, soft wrought in memory's vague designs, Dim semblances her wistful gaze will greet Of lost ones that inthrall phantasmally sweet The mirror's luminous quietude enshrines.

From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Constance Fenimore Woolson

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

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

That authority is, oddly enough, not currently enshrined in statute.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

The Internet version of you becomes enshrined so that pathetic people like me can visit occasionally and try to pretend you’re not really gone.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

During the violence, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a decree enshrining the Kurds' national rights and recognising Kurdish as a national language, an unprecedented step since Syria's independence in 1946.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Pope Leo XIV on Monday warned that AI risked enshrining “an anti-human vision,” replacing jobs with dehumanizing work and consuming vast amounts of water and energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

City Council voted to designate the “Brady Bunch” house as a historic-cultural monument on Wednesday, enshrining the Studio City Midcentury as a piece of the city’s history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026

They assumed that Congress had wide discretion to restrict the removal of executive officers, enshrining that view into law through the creation of myriad independent agencies.

From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2025

The Muse appeared, when love passed by And my dark soul to light was brought; Free, I renewed the idolatry Of harmony enshrining thought.

From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Henry Spalding