transcendent
Example Sentences
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I suspect the Pope sees his role as an advocate who promotes transcendent values rather than as a gardener who tries to reserve a plot for weeds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Which is to say: it was never going to taste as transcendent as it does in memory.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
But Mr. Styles’s voice, while expressive in certain contexts, is incapable of conveying hedonism, and “Aperture” ends up feeling blandly uplifting rather than transcendent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
It proved that even transcendent talent can’t overcome bad product, worse marketing, and disconnected leadership.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025
The goal for my third week at The Maids is to achieve a state of transcendent detachment.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Vocabulary lists containing transcendent
World Religions
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"My Wonder Horse," Vocabulary from the short story
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain
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