transcendent
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I suspect the Pope sees his role as an advocate who promotes transcendent values rather than as a gardener who tries to reserve a plot for weeds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Which is to say: it was never going to taste as transcendent as it does in memory.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
Then, just after the calamity of World War II, in a remote corner of eastern France, he moved Modernism’s goal posts with a single, eccentric, transcendent project.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
It proved that even transcendent talent can’t overcome bad product, worse marketing, and disconnected leadership.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025
Unlike the suffering, earthbound Christs depicted at eye level on the church walls, our Christ Pantocrator was clearly transcendent, all-powerful, heaven- bestriding.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing transcendent
World Religions
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"My Wonder Horse," Vocabulary from the short story
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain
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