transcend

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Breaded, pounded chicken cutlets transcend geographic boundaries — and they don’t call for any onions.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

The selection suggests that indigenous art has evolved sufficiently since the 1970s to transcend special pleading.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

“It’s a planning perspective that’s looking for concrete economic enhancements at the firm and sector level, as opposed to just developing a machine that might transcend humanity,” Webster said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026

Ogundiran wrote that Akangbe Ogun's works "transcend the traditional boundaries of sculpture, structural design, folklore, and environmental preservation".

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

And his efforts to ignore it, transcend it, seemed to work only when he spent his days looking for whatever was light-hearted and without grave consequences.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison