transgress

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Recent Examples of transgress What emerges in 2025 is a chilling message to everyone about not transgressing proscribed gender roles. Chase Strangio, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025 The holiday is a celebration of subtle LGBTQ+ drama, pleasure and the past transgressed by costumes painstakingly crafted by their creators. Lydia Patrick, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 Both pay a price for transgressing the boundaries of what’s deemed acceptable for young white women negotiating the new freedoms of mobility and modernity. Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024 Moreover, there was the nagging question of whether the tournament would transgress the NCAA’s increasingly fuzzy, but still formal, prohibition against paying athletes to play. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for transgress
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Verb
  • The teen was with a group of other young people who were trespassing on the Framingham/Worcester Line when the crash occurred, transit police told MassLive.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • This reclassification grants the Army's U.S. Northern Command expanded authority to enforce immigration laws, including the power to search and temporarily detain those who trespass in the new military zone.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Earlier in the week, perhaps the most notable setback was a ruling by the Senate parliamentarian that a cap on health care provider taxes, which is projected to save billions of dollars in federal Medicaid spending, violated the Senate’s Byrd Rule.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 29 June 2025
  • The Senate parliamentarian had ruled that these provisions governing current student loan borrowers violated senate reconciliation rules.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • Starbucks' same-store sales in China were flat in the first quarter this year after falling for four consecutive quarters .
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 July 2025
  • Notre Dame, with an offensive line that included three top-10 picks, roared back, falling 24-22 when its two-point conversion got stuffed with seven seconds remaining.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • Having fared well at home on Show TV, the series is one of a growing number of Turkish dramas breaking into Western Europe.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 1 July 2025
  • This prevents unwritten rules from being bent or broken.
    Nate Bennett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Read a book, breathe deeply or just let your mind wander.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
  • The shelter added that Captain ended up at Bentonville after a woman found the dog wandering near a road while traveling in Missouri.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 5 July 2025

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“Transgress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgress. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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