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transcendental

[tran-sen-den-tl, -suhn-] / ˌtræn sɛnˈdɛn tl, -sən- /
ADJECTIVE
surpassing
Synonyms


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Any danger of “Bird School” vanishing into the transcendental ether disappears the moment the birds start showing up in the Bird House.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

But the aid was not "transcendental," he said.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Many people report leaving their bodies and other transcendental experiences after near-fatal accidents.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

Lynch seemed to have found some measure of his trademark transcendental calmness by 1987, when he attended his second Oscars for “Blue Velvet.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

“Holism” suggests something biologically transcendental because of “holy,” although it was intended more simply to mean a complete assemblage of living units.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas