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as in sacred
not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with
the teacher's book of grades is sacrosanct, and someone could be expelled for changing anything in it
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as in holy
set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God
believers eventually built a chapel on the sacrosanct spot where the miracle was thought to have taken place
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Recent Examples of sacrosanct
The notion that deer and other wild game are resources to be conserved and held in the public trust for all state citizens is sacrosanct under the North American Model of Wildlife Management.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2025
The popularity of genres may change and can be cyclical, but the beauty of seeing a show live will hopefully stay sacrosanct.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2025
But its decision to about-face on what executives long cast as a sacrosanct passenger perk brings the largest U.S. domestic carrier in line with its rivals, which together generated more than $5 billion from bag fees last year, according to federal data.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
The Mineral Rights Implications Are Huge While most public-land recreationists rue the thought of sacrosanct landscapes being sold, the real asset in play isn’t the land.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sacrosanct
Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2025
The popularity of genres may change and can be cyclical, but the beauty of seeing a show live will hopefully stay sacrosanct.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2025
But its decision to about-face on what executives long cast as a sacrosanct passenger perk brings the largest U.S. domestic carrier in line with its rivals, which together generated more than $5 billion from bag fees last year, according to federal data.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
The Mineral Rights Implications Are Huge While most public-land recreationists rue the thought of sacrosanct landscapes being sold, the real asset in play isn’t the land.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacrosanct
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As neoliberalism took hold, the market moved into the space once occupied by the sacred and the social.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Wilson notes that, in Black cultures, there traditionally is no separation between the sacred and the secular.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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There is some irony that the lawmakers working on the bill with preliminary votes on both Saturday and Sunday, the Jewish Sabbath and the Christian Sabbath, violated the commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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The march commemorates Jerusalem Day, which marks Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem, including the Old City and its holy sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, in the 1967 Mideast war.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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“Sacrosanct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacrosanct. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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