transcendence
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So with Spielberg once again looking skyward, we decided to revisit the director’s long cinematic relationship with aliens, as figures of astonishment, terror, transcendence and, occasionally, giant crystal skulls from another dimension.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Harrison sought transcendence; what he set in motion was securitization.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Instead it helps bring home the horror movie’s big theme about the transcendence of art for oppressed people, including “music so true it can pierce the veil between life and death.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
In “Gethsemane,” the path of suffering becomes clear, and Erivo’s transcendence was all the more worshipped by the audience for being painfully achieved.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025
We have a higher self, a capacity for transcendence.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing transcendence
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