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transcendence

[tran-sen-duhns] / trænˈsɛn dəns /






NOUN
transcendency
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Harrison sought transcendence; what he set in motion was securitization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The series, now in its second season on Fox Nation, is the filmmaker’s effort to find relevance for everyday existence in human stories of sacrifice, heroism and faith that led to spiritual transcendence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Gray’s piece will also be in dialogue with this room, calling to it from another time and place — asking viewers to turn their gaze to history, slavery, transcendence, salvation, power and so much more.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025

Yet it was during this meander that his writing made a steep drop into seeing, feeling, connecting, plunging toward transcendence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

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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