transcended

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The highest-earning female athlete of all-time, Williams drew huge crowds throughout her career and is a figure who has truly transcended her sport.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

In the case of “Brigadoon,” Lerner and Loewe composed a musical that recognized the global scar of World War II, and in its insistence that love transcended loss, gave people the catharsis they needed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

As music “that transcended enmities to forge a connection between all the people born of this land,” Vargas Llosa writes, channeling Toño’s enthusiasm, the vals is the exemplary art form of a “mongrel nation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

For Obama, the moment was personal, but his remarks deliberately transcended it.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

When the leaders were older than me I could believe in their wisdom, I could believe they had transcended rage and malice and the need to be loved.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood