transcended

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For a moment, he adds, it transcended partisan divisions.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

For Obama, the moment was personal, but his remarks deliberately transcended it.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

Netscher has meticulously rendered the garment’s luscious materiality—its fall, folds, creases and bunchings—yet transcended mere description to give us a shimmering vision of white and gray highlighted by splashes of red.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

His passionate apprenticeship transcended even his own expectations.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

When the leaders were older than me I could believe in their wisdom, I could believe they had transcended rage and malice and the need to be loved.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood