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transcendental

[tran-sen-den-tl, -suhn-] / ˌtræn sɛnˈdɛn tl, -sən- /
ADJECTIVE
surpassing
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“Everybody wants to come to this building, and everybody who does has a transcendental experience,” David Arena, the bank’s head of real estate, said last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

But the aid was not "transcendental," he said.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Many people report leaving their bodies and other transcendental experiences after near-fatal accidents.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

When I took my first transcendental meditation class in the spring of 2017, I closed my eyes and saw a distorted face surfacing toward me from the abyss.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Jaime had given up on his idea of drawing Nicolas into transcendental matters of existence.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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