transcendent

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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

Joseph navigated those years in the wake with unadorned reverence, while starting a family of his own and directing some of the most transcendent music videos of the 2010s.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Then there was movement and the borning once more of the transcendent fraternity that comes between athletes in the unseen moments when they move together toward the lights of an arena and the waiting crowd.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy