transcend

Yet his latest fails to magically transcend its deceptively simple premise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

But DC’s latest installment lands like a big hunk of Kryptonite for the dream of a superhero franchise that can transcend the genre’s clichés, Slate’s Dana Stevens writes.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

At a summit in Beijing last month, Xi Jinping asked Donald Trump if the countries could "transcend the so-called 'Thucydides Trap' and forge a new paradigm for major-power relations".

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Like all of those after-school specials, there’s a distinct element of gratitude that helps the film transcend accusations of corniness or caricature.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

It helped me to see the situation other than through the prism of black and white relations, for if our struggle was to succeed, we had to transcend black and white.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Self-determination in the professional sphere now transcends economic background.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Because the World Cup is a phenomenon that transcends generations.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

At 82, he sits with perfect posture, possessing an elegance that transcends our threadbare surroundings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

This sport transcends race, class, nationality, language, and religion.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026

Ashoke, the name of an emperor, means “he who transcends grief.”

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

But where other artists might have spiraled, White and his compatriots transcended, turning inward while also looking to the stars.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

In the case of “Brigadoon,” Lerner and Loewe composed a musical that recognized the global scar of World War II, and in its insistence that love transcended loss, gave people the catharsis they needed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

Langbein’s Monica — having finally transcended her past and ascended to spiritual omniscience — becomes Jean’s interlocutor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

“The surprise from my end was that it transcended sports.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

I, whose prowess in the water barely transcended a doggy paddle, undertake a swim of such scale that it could be traced on the map!

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Students from across the country have joined the protests in Delhi, transcending caste, religion and regional identities.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

It is a rivalry that has defined the last two decades of football, transcending clubs, countries and competitions to reshape how the game has been played, consumed and debated across the world.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Mr. Bennett is potty about footie, and like all mildly deranged fans of the Beautiful Game he sees it as transcending the boundaries of mere sport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

The human species, Huxley affirms, should embrace transhumanism: “man remaining man, but transcending himself, by realizing new possibilities of and for his human nature.”

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2025

Crowd, heat, bad quarters, bad fare, bad smells, mosquitoes, and a plague of flies transcending everything within my experience.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly