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

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

“She would litigate those moments until they felt true to her, and then they were so transcendent when she did them,” Foley says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

Satan breaks the silence: If thou beest he; But O how fall'll! how chang’d From him, who in the happy Realms of Light Cloth’d with transcendent brightness didst out-shine Myriads though bright...

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith