transcended
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“The University remained one of the few forces that transcended disparate regions and groups,” Pawel writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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
Tony Blair, the British prime minister, declared in 2005 that to debate globalization, which he believed transcended the world of nation-states, was like discussing “whether autumn should follow summer.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Charlie has transcended a workhouse childhood to become a person of some culture—his favorite novelist is, ironically enough, that bard of extreme poverty, Charles Dickens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
I, whose prowess in the water barely transcended a doggy paddle, undertake a swim of such scale that it could be traced on the map!
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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