enshrine

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

Washington should pressure Mr. al-Sharaa not only to enshrine equal rights for all communities in the constitution, but to guarantee meaningful representation in parliament, the cabinet and senior state institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 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

Vietnam's constitution enshrines a right to religious freedom, but the government tightly regulates religious organisations.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

The Home Rule Act enshrines these rights into federal statute.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025

It also enshrines separation of powers and judicial independence, and guarantees women's rights, freedom of expression and media freedom.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025

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

Charles was recommended to the coat, and I think the mist of soap and warm water that enshrines Brummell as the Apostle of Cleanliness blurs also the mirror of truth.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

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

They should go to the Smithsonian as a team and visit the display where Jackie Robinson’s jersey is enshrined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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

“And what are the five categories of protections enshrined in the laws? Five categories of protections? Enshrined in Islamic laws? Islamic laws?”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Yousef, whose community strongly promotes gender equality, said she also wants to work on "defending women's rights and enshrining them in the country's constitution".

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 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

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

Emergency rules now in place require the use of water when risky work is performed, but proponents said enshrining a ban in state law was important because such regulations could change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

A "poem" even to-day is supposed to be a literary composition that is in artificial language arranged in a metrical pattern, often conveying a trite idea or enshrining an ineffective image.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert