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sacrosanct

[sak-roh-sangkt] / ˈsæk roʊˌsæŋkt /


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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

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

I was walking with a guard—behind and a little to the right of her so my feet would not touch the sacrosanct mat—down a corridor I had not seen before.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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