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Recent Examples of sacralize The coronation merely confirms and sacralizes his inheritance. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 May 2023 Winner had signed up for that life, where all knowledge was guarded, sacralized under the official regime of secrecy. Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacralize
Verb
  • We’re blessed this week with two crew nights out and a guest being finicky about drink garnishes.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Trump’s top aides expect to face lawsuits over these actions but believe they will ultimately be blessed by a conservative-majority high court.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • In its operation, however, the ICC consecrated a much more restricted international legal order, one that effectively presumed that grave atrocity crimes are the province only of the non-Western world.
    Oumar Ba, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
  • Nearby is Duomo di Modena, consecrated in 1184, the former seat of the Diocese, later Archdiocese, of Modena.
    Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024
Verb
  • This also means the final act plays like a sanctifying highlights reel but the film’s gleeful humor and sharp wit largely keeps this chaotic rollercoaster on its tracks.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Such saintly behavior aside, one part of Jack that was becoming less sanctified was his body.
    Dan Koeppel, Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2019

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“Sacralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacralize. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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