enshrine
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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
Once the slave power had been vanquished, the Reconstruction Congress sought to enshrine birthright citizenship in the Constitution so it could never be stripped away again.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
Over the years, he helped various communities in some capacity to incorporate and eventually started working to enshrine the liberty cities model into law.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
Investigative grand juries cannot return indictments against defendants, but they are often used to enshrine evidence and subpoena witnesses for a future criminal proceeding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 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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The International Court of Justice has been asked to deliver a so-called advisory opinion on whether a treaty drawn up in 1948 by the International Labour Organisation implicitly enshrines the right to strike.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
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
The 14th Amendment permanently enshrines in the Constitution the privileges and protections of democracy.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2024
Now U2 has christened the place with a production that enshrines the idea of excess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2023
The more it enshrines in its institution respect for humanity as a whole, the greater and more civilized it becomes.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
In the not-too-distant past, the Chargers had one of the NFL’s premier tight ends in Antonio Gates, enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame last summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
That authority is, oddly enough, not currently enshrined in statute.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
The US has granted citizenship to everyone born in the country since 1868, with the right enshrined in the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, and bolstered by later US Supreme Court rulings.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
But its most famous line—“Attention must be paid”—illuminates its greater significance as a drama upholding the importance of the individual, an idea enshrined in the Declaration of Independence itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The winner’s name shall be enshrined for all time on a plaque in our Chumley Hall of Champions.’”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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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
A bill aimed at enshrining in law the government's Chagos deal will not be debated in the Lords as previously planned.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 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
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
As though enshrining it he placed the plastic block upon a refractory between the electrodes and threw a switch.
From The Vortex Blaster by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
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