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transcendence

[tran-sen-duhns] / trænˈsɛn dəns /






NOUN
transcendency
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But that transcendence requires preservation and education, according to Holly Kafka, visiting Manhattan from Chicago with her husband.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

So with Spielberg once again looking skyward, we decided to revisit the director’s long cinematic relationship with aliens, as figures of astonishment, terror, transcendence and, occasionally, giant crystal skulls from another dimension.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Technocrats and transhumanists greet every computational advance as a step toward transcendence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Many fans have moved on as well, some perhaps deciding there’s more musical transcendence and power in one Beethoven sonata than in the entire rock catalog.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

I felt myself rising, light-headed with transcendence, an overflowing fountain.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez


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