inner sanctum

noun

somewhat formal

: a very private room or place

The new initiate was admitted to the club's inner sanctum.

—often used figuratively

the inner sanctum of the CIA

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Zachary Basu, Marc Caputo Feb 3, 2025 - Politics & Policy Musk's wrecking ball pierces government's inner sanctum Elon Musk and his cost-slashing allies are taking a hammer to the massive bureaucracy that staffs the U.S. government — and a scalpel to any senior officials who dare put up a fight. —

Sam Sabin, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025 The book is, in part, a warning against the dangers of favoritism within any inner sanctum. —

Eva Wolchover, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025 Everywhere is quiet with the sense of entering an inner sanctum. —

Laurie Werner, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 The airy inner sanctum that housed classes of students until the ’80s was unlike any of the pedestrian, low-ceilinged homes the broker had offered otherwise. —

Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for inner sanctum

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