transcendent

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

From Salon • Mar. 31, 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

By contrast, Bienvenu conceived of Arco’s elevated platform world as a transcendent Eden.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Unlike the suffering, earthbound Christs depicted at eye level on the church walls, our Christ Pantocrator was clearly transcendent, all-powerful, heaven- bestriding.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides