transcended

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Charlie has transcended a workhouse childhood to become a person of some culture—his favorite novelist is, ironically enough, that bard of extreme poverty, Charles Dickens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Pope Leo’s encyclical insists that humanity itself can’t be transcended.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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

For a moment, he adds, it transcended partisan divisions.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

She saw a miracle that transcended the miracles of the saints her mother had told her about.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith