transcendent
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The portrayal of that grief is where Mr. Armitage’s translation achieves its most transcendent power.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Which is to say: it was never going to taste as transcendent as it does in memory.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
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
Not every soup will be transcendent — but most will be good, and many will be better than you expected.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
Architecture becomes memorable only when it expresses a transcendent vision, whether personal, social, or spiritual.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Vocabulary lists containing transcendent
World Religions
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