transcendent

Example Sentences

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I suspect the Pope sees his role as an advocate who promotes transcendent values rather than as a gardener who tries to reserve a plot for weeds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Which is to say: it was never going to taste as transcendent as it does in memory.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

They established a republic acknowledging transcendent moral law as the foundation of human law.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Yet from that divided debut emerged one transcendent constant: a lullaby called “Summertime.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The only word she can discern is transcendent.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern