transcendent
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But Mr. Styles’s voice, while expressive in certain contexts, is incapable of conveying hedonism, and “Aperture” ends up feeling blandly uplifting rather than transcendent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 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
By contrast, Bienvenu conceived of Arco’s elevated platform world as a transcendent Eden.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
If his productions are merely almost transcendent, when the possibility of true transcendence exists somewhere nearby, waiting to be attained, then there is something else that must be done.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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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