transcend

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Breaded, pounded chicken cutlets transcend geographic boundaries — and they don’t call for any onions.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

“It’s a planning perspective that’s looking for concrete economic enhancements at the firm and sector level, as opposed to just developing a machine that might transcend humanity,” Webster said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026

Ogundiran wrote that Akangbe Ogun's works "transcend the traditional boundaries of sculpture, structural design, folklore, and environmental preservation".

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Later we’ll be treated to a restatement of the thought, in case anyone missed it: “A choral society shouldn’t mirror the social order. It should transcend it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

It helped me to see the situation other than through the prism of black and white relations, for if our struggle was to succeed, we had to transcend black and white.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela