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transcend

[tran-send] / trænˈsɛnd /


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Though the tableaux depict hardships endured by a painter born in 1593, Artemisia, the impressions convey yearning, grief, suffering and resilience that transcend centuries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Macron came to power in 2017 promising to modernise the economy and transcend France's traditional political divide.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

The climactic section “Cosmic Bloom,” a flashy interstellar big bang, doesn’t transcend the sum of its parts as it was meant to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Her demonstrable character helped her transcend race and class in ways that few artists can claim.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

And the things he was saying in his final months on earth seemed to transcend all religious differences.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

Yes, it transcends the constraints of both diet and design.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Most importantly, the technology transcends stage gimmick and is essential to telling the story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

I’m supporting women and their families, which transcends inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The ability to make a viewer truly feel as though they are witnessing something that transcends time, something that has always existed, is a very rare and special one.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

Quasi-mathematical questions arise naturally when one transcends one’s self, family, and friends.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

“The University remained one of the few forces that transcended disparate regions and groups,” Pawel writes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

While medieval Iberia and pre-Columbian Mexico were radically different places, the imagination that birthed these beasts reveals shared interests that transcended time, place and culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Tributes have poured in from US presidents across the political spectrum and musicians across all genres, remembering her not just for her award-winning career, but her philanthropy and humble nature that transcended country music.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Smith Jr. came to San Diego as a fearsome linebacker who made two Pro Bowls, yet he transcended football through his infectious personality and devotion to his adopted city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

She saw a miracle that transcended the miracles of the saints her mother had told her about.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Students from across the country have joined the protests in Delhi, transcending caste, religion and regional identities.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Before kick-off, Iranian players presented white roses to their American counterparts as a gesture of peace, in a moment widely seen as transcending politics.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

Ada Carrillo, one of the devout who crowed the basilica this week, said she unites all of Mexico, transcending political, geographic and class divides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

At its 1886 height, the Knights claimed nearly one million members, seeking a cooperative commonwealth transcending the wage system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

Crowd, heat, bad quarters, bad fare, bad smells, mosquitoes, and a plague of flies transcending everything within my experience.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly


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