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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
Last week, Turner reached 10 years of big-league service time, an achievement players consider sacrosanct.
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Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
While the exact preparation of the original remains sacrosanct, that hasn’t stopped other Louisville establishments from putting their own spins on it.
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Rich Warren,
Saveur,
29 Apr. 2026
The implication, which was widely accepted at that time on the left, was that property destruction is trivial but human life is sacrosanct.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
Both were once deemed sacrosanct.
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sacrosanct
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
While the exact preparation of the original remains sacrosanct, that hasn’t stopped other Louisville establishments from putting their own spins on it.
—
Rich Warren,
Saveur,
29 Apr. 2026
The implication, which was widely accepted at that time on the left, was that property destruction is trivial but human life is sacrosanct.
—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
Both were once deemed sacrosanct.
—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sacrosanct
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacrosanct
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His larger diagnosis is that the division machine has made every disagreement existential — and that once a political difference becomes sacred, people will rationalize almost anything to defeat the other side.
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But over time, and as reverence for the Revolutionary War generation grew, the political parties sought to prove themselves the truest guardians of the founding principles, transforming it from an argument for independence into a sacred document.
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The Temple Mount movement — a loose coalition of Israeli religious and nationalist organizations — harbors a potentially explosive mix of prophecy and politics that aims to upend some 1,300 years of Muslim control over the third-holiest site in Islam and the holiest one for Jews.
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For example, the Life of Saint Æthelwold is a tenth-century biography that narrates the holy life of an English bishop.
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“Sacrosanct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacrosanct. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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