transcended

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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 Obama, the moment was personal, but his remarks deliberately transcended it.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

Netscher has meticulously rendered the garment’s luscious materiality—its fall, folds, creases and bunchings—yet transcended mere description to give us a shimmering vision of white and gray highlighted by splashes of red.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Clear-eyed works of history and analysis—and a moving memoir of captivity—offered insights that transcended headlines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

But assumption was symptomatic of malevolent tendencies that transcended mere dollars and cents.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis