transcendent
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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
Not every soup will be transcendent — but most will be good, and many will be better than you expected.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
It proved that even transcendent talent can’t overcome bad product, worse marketing, and disconnected leadership.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025
Dissonance and harmonic tension slowly resolved into warm chords—the sound was transcendent.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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