transcended

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

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

Before Beyoncé, black country music acts - Darius Rucker, Mickey Guyton, Kane Brown, The War & Treaty - had transcended these assumed racial divisions, finding mainstream success in the genre.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

Netscher has meticulously rendered the garment’s luscious materiality—its fall, folds, creases and bunchings—yet transcended mere description to give us a shimmering vision of white and gray highlighted by splashes of red.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Clear-eyed works of history and analysis—and a moving memoir of captivity—offered insights that transcended headlines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Sometimes I came upon them standing close, arms encircling waists, heads close, as if they shared secrets that transcended the hurt and resentments, the name-calling and deceit.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago