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transcend

[tran-send] / trænˈsɛnd /


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Patrick: I’d say yes, but Braden Peters, the prominent looksmaxxer better known as Clavicular, told me “these words are just so good that I think it’ll kind of transcend that.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"The Hundred has given us the chance to really transcend what's a difficult and fairly challenging macroeconomic environment and take us in a different direction," he says.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

But the themes that emerge most forcefully from “You Won’t Get Free of It” transcend those relationships.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 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

The idea was we were to transcend, to get ourselves further.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Talarico’s Christianity celebrates pluralism, affirms LGBTQ+ individuals and believes God transcends all partisan divisions.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Beckham transcends clubs, generations and even football itself.

From BBC Jul. 20, 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

Quasi-mathematical questions arise naturally when one transcends one’s self, family, and friends.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Smith Jr. came to San Diego as a fearsome linebacker who made two Pro Bowls, yet he transcended football through his infectious personality and devotion to his adopted city.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

He believed that the Jews had spiritually transcended the need for territory and should seek limited autonomy where they lived.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

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

There was something in her bearing that transcended her soft voice and diminutive stature.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

It's hard to imagine many other snooker players past or present transcending the sport to the extent of rubbing shoulders with royalty.

From BBC Jan. 2, 2026

Ada Carrillo, one of the devout who crowed the basilica this week, said she unites all of Mexico, transcending political, geographic and class divides.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2025

At its 1886 height, the Knights claimed nearly one million members, seeking a cooperative commonwealth transcending the wage system.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 30, 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




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