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sanctum

[sangk-tuhm] / ˈsæŋk təm /


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We first meet her in her inner sanctum, her extremely girly bedroom in the depths of her extremely girly sorority, Delta Nu.

From Salon Jul. 6, 2026

“We stand on the walls, sentinels of the inner sanctum, against the assault of AI slop. The Ontology is based firmly in reality—there is, here, a dialectic between ground truth, tribal knowledge, and enhancements.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

“We stand on the walls, sentinels of the inner sanctum, against the assault of AI slop,” Karp said in his letter to shareholders.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

To his inner sanctum, his players in particular, he can be a jovial character - quoting Alan Partridge and enjoying typical training ground banter in between his demanding push for high standards.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

She approaches the double doors and pushes her way into the sanctum sanctorum.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The perfume, Lavs, is a concentrated version of the one he made to spritz on the papal garments before they were delivered to the Vatican’s inner sancta.

From The New Yorker Jan. 15, 2017

Bunhill Fields has long fascinated historians and romantics alike and is considered the terra sancta of English Nonconformity.

From BBC Feb. 22, 2011

On an indifferently argued staff paper he scribbles: "0 sancta sim-plicitas."

From Time Magazine Archive

According to individual taste, one can greet it with a hosannah, a miserere nobis or a sancta simplicitas.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the Roman dealt in real things, not imagery; nakedly setting forth his sancta in the dry light of a realism which had no reticence joined to a great reticence of the emotions.

From Rome by Hope Malleson

They make for an amusing odd couple entering the inner sanctums of the uber-wealthy in the New York metro area, often asked to do extra maintenance tasks.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

She allows the camera into the sanctums of her tanning booth and facial treatment sessions, but there’s an exhibitionism in these moments instead of conveying honesty and openness.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2024

And Mickle’s thematic overreach doesn’t obscure the crisp and detailed view he offers us of Apple’s inner sanctums.

From Washington Post Jun. 3, 2022

Both fall under Unesco World Heritage designation as sanctums of aboriginal culture.

From New York Times Oct. 30, 2018

Ever since I had set off by car through the wide golden fields of Orgoreyn four days ago, beginning my successful progress towards the inner sanctums of Mishnory, I had been missing something.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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