sacrosanct

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Bidding to succeed his former mentor in 1995, Jospin shocked many Socialists by claiming a "right of inventory" over Mitterrand's legacy -- a right to reassess a record that loyalists deemed sacrosanct.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

In other words, it may be feared that property rights, in America, are no longer sacrosanct.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

Reading aloud at bedtime is sacrosanct and treasured in our family, modeled after my mother’s deep love of reading and books.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The Chorley MP said the Budget "should be sacrosanct and it should only be heard today".

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

She was required to wear a ridiculous uniform and creep around the house as quietly as a mouse, lest she disturb the judge in his seemingly endless and sacrosanct deliberations.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown