transcend
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Rush may be onto one of its most significant chapters, the one that extends beyond them, in which their music will bond generations and even transcend death.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
"Possibly, this is due to their more egalitarian social systems. Bonobos appear to live together in more fluid relationships, with social bonds that transcend group boundaries, something we rarely see in chimpanzees," explains Van Leeuwen.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
Xi, however, said the United States and China could "transcend" this danger.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
“Any entity capable of causing the universe,” says narrator Stephen Meyer, a philosopher of science, “must be external to, or separate from, the universe itself. It must . . . transcend time and space.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
But while Washington attempted to transcend the ideological wars of the 1790s, Burr seemed disposed to tunnel beneath the warring camps, then pop up on the side promising him the bigger tribute.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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