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Recent Examples of transcendence But for a moment, this blend of past, present, and future touches transcendence. Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025 The driving force at the center of almost all the show’s best numbers is Webb’s voice, which is a marvelous instrument for this music, equally capable of delivering touching tenderness or a velvety wail of triumphant transcendence. Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025 There’s a sense of transcendence running through fABLE, with most songs resolving in a major key, carried by propulsive percussion and a whole lot of pedal steel. Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025 On Chromatica, Gaga was seeking heavenly transcendence above the dance floor. Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for transcendence
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Noun
  • Dominating Grocery Walmart’s dominance is most pronounced in grocery.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • This launched an era of dominance with a string of classic main events.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Dad, as fathers do, asserted his physical superiority.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 17 June 2025
  • Beijing’s military capabilities already surpass India’s, and given its lower defense burden—the ratio of military expenditures to GDP—China could expand its defense spending with fewer penalties to its economic growth compared with India while further widening its military superiority.
    ASHLEY J. TELLIS, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Stein elaborates, drawing a distinction between highly skilled white-collar migrants, people including Alexander Hamilton, Albert Einstein and Elon Musk, and those who would in his view take jobs away from American low-wage workers.
    Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 23 June 2025
  • Cardinals first baseman Wilson Contreras struck out four times Saturday in St. Louis’ 6-5 win over the Reds and earned a special distinction.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Ceding any hopes of air supremacy, Tehran relies on an advanced air defense array and an extensive ballistic missile arsenal.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 June 2025
  • The most powerful tech giants in the world have spent the last several years trying to out-jockey each other for AI supremacy.
    Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Williams has been a very strong critic of the mayor, while Rajkumar, a Queens assemblywoman, has a reputation for her frequent appearances alongside Adams.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
  • The damage to the comedian’s reputation ended his career, though, and the overall perception of the industry took a hit as well.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Bond market volatility is also calling the dollar’s primacy into question, and the United States’ global credit rating has slid.
    REBECCA LISSNER, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
  • The fact that the dollar increased in value against other currencies traditionally perceived as safe havens, such as the Swiss franc and Japanese yen, emphasizes the primacy of king dollar, despite rumblings of de-dollarization and concerns over U.S. government debt.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 16 June 2025

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“Transcendence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transcendence. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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