sacrosanct
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Turner, who died Wednesday at age 87, elbowed his way to the forefront of modern television by prioritizing profit over deeper questions about whether certain cultural totems should be held sacrosanct.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
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
The comment is a jolt of realism for German elites, who, more than 80 years after World War II, generally treat international law as sacrosanct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
In other words, it may be feared that property rights, in America, are no longer sacrosanct.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026
They’re sacrosanct, at the same time holy and deeply shameful.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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