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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
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In today’s America, where so much energy is spent dividing us, Forever reminds us what actually holds us together: love, care, and the sacred duty of raising the next generation.—
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The woman of the house lights the Shabbat candles, ushering in the sacred day.—
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Anyone in our era, that was a holy grail: to get to play college basketball.—
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His many attempts to free himself from the holy seal placed upon the Devils becomes a running gag involving various unpleasant bodily functions.—
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“Sacrosanct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacrosanct. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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