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

Students in writing workshops are loath to honestly criticize each other’s work, especially if the writer belongs to a sacrosanct group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

“It is a sacrosanct privilege,” said Eunice Cho, senior attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2025

They’re sacrosanct, at the same time holy and deeply shameful.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood