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transcendence

[tran-sen-duhns] / trænˈsɛn dəns /






NOUN
transcendency
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Spanning the two, Scott arrives at a performance of pure transcendence.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

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

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

The result was a kind of secular transcendence, a communal experience in which everyone looks skyward, collectively transfixed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

As the juke joint crowd responds, he loses himself in the timeless transcendence artists hope for.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2026

The unprecedented price demanded—and at this embattled hour of the world’s history—is the transcendence of the realities of color, of nations, and of altars.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin




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