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as in transcendental
of, relating to, or being part of a reality beyond the observable physical universe
a firm belief in angels, demons, and other transcendent beings
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as in superhuman
being so extraordinary or abnormal as to suggest powers which violate the laws of nature
the star player's transcendent performance helped the team to a surprise victory
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Recent Examples of transcendent
We’re joined by history and faith, by love and language and by transcendent ties of culture, tradition, ancestry and destiny.
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Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
This becomes Ann’s new family, and the dance sequences that follow are truly transcendent.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2025
Final Toast France’s Champagne region has long been synonymous with elegance, but Le Grand Tour elevates the experience into something transcendent—because every sip tells a story, every window frames a chapter, and every mile deepens your sense of place.
—Jennifer Schwartz, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
Numerous generations have looked up to the great tenor saxophonist, who performed alongside John Coltrane in the ‘60s and participated in numerous transcendent dates before his passing in 2022 at 81.
—Bret Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
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Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
This becomes Ann’s new family, and the dance sequences that follow are truly transcendent.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2025
Final Toast France’s Champagne region has long been synonymous with elegance, but Le Grand Tour elevates the experience into something transcendent—because every sip tells a story, every window frames a chapter, and every mile deepens your sense of place.
—Jennifer Schwartz, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
Numerous generations have looked up to the great tenor saxophonist, who performed alongside John Coltrane in the ‘60s and participated in numerous transcendent dates before his passing in 2022 at 81.
—Bret Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transcendent
Adjective
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Dani Shapiro’s Signal Fires is a meditation on human connectedness that feels transcendental.—
Anna Bruno
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Recently, the director picked up transcendental meditation — a famous practice of the late David Lynch — from her friend, Vera Drew.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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That creates a gap between what the market thinks AI can do and actual performance, squeezing both businesses and—in the case of translators—workers caught between the promise of superhuman efficiency and the reality of often flawed machine output.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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What went into choreographing a fight between two superhuman combatants?—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This a little closer to reality, despite being supernatural, and people fall in love in the real world all the time.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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And yet, after a series of further downward spirals that will dig this scalawag even deeper into a hole and some supernatural mumbo-jumbo, his luck curiously starts to change….—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Despite their magical abilities, Potter and his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger faced the same problems as regular pre-teens and teens navigating life in boarding school.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025
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The pair bicker and bond their way through the whimsical Panda Kingdom, a vibrant world that blends the everyday with the extraordinary, carrying animals and humans alike into something at once magical and mundane.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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From paranormal ghost tours to 5k races, there really is something for all types of travelers in Anoka.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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This paranormal investigator offers her expert advice on how to handle living with a ghost.—
Stephanie Stremplewski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In a miraculous turn of events, Embrace was saved.—
Jane Marie Chen,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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Its lone victory came via a miraculous last-second goal that Edmonton center Leon Draisaitl deflected into his own net.—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But in an Akan language, the notion that an object could exist as a bare substrate, stripped of properties—say, the idea of a stone, with its weight, texture, and color subtracted—is basically unintelligible; the metaphysical split between a thing and its properties isn’t naturally expressible.—
Lula Konner,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Oct. 2025
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Best Gifts for Pisces Dreamy Pisces are creative and spiritual, so a journal, art set, or metaphysical kit with all of the essentials for a seance is a great gift idea.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
30 Sep. 2025
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Sigmund Freud defines the uncanny as the nagging presence of the familiar within the strange, the strange within the familiar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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These are essentially gothic works, in which bleary, nocturnal isolation opens a door to bizarre impulses and uncanny transformations.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Transcendent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transcendent. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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