as in dominance
the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance
makes a case for the transcendence of Louis Armstrong's contributions to the field of jazz
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Recent Examples of transcendence
Even from a young age, Ann seeks transcendence, and Fastvold conveys both the dark crowded muck of poverty and the young girl’s airy dreams of light and love.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
As for transcendence, there’s a set of scenes when one character unexpectedly adorns red while another lines of blue.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
Magic in the sense of transcendence of this ordinary life into another realm.
—William Robin, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Nudy’s work doesn’t promise conceptual transcendence.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
As for transcendence, there’s a set of scenes when one character unexpectedly adorns red while another lines of blue.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
Magic in the sense of transcendence of this ordinary life into another realm.
—William Robin, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Nudy’s work doesn’t promise conceptual transcendence.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transcendence
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With these findings, sodium-ion batteries may finally challenge lithium-ion dominance while also contributing to cleaner energy solutions and addressing freshwater scarcity.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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So, the defense doubled down on dominance in crunch time.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Oct. 2025
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Europeans, including Las Casas initially, claimed superiority as Christians, as most of the Africans Europeans encountered were either Muslim or animist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Their innovation is to replace the demagogue’s roar with the bureaucrat’s moral superiority.—
Alexis Coe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Known for its rich, dark green coloring and full silhouette, this tree is native to the Appalachian Mountains and has the distinction of being the type of tree most often used as the official White House Christmas tree.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
20 Oct. 2025
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During lean times like the Great Depression when ingredients were scarce and nothing went to waste, this distinction mattered.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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So the method here is to co-opt the hysterical semiotics of alt-righters for sickle supremacy.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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Or will Sora 2 just be a flash in the pan that fails to weaken Meta’s social media supremacy?—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has earned a reputation as a hardliner on immigration, an image that helped propel her to power amid rising nationalist sentiment and debate over Japan’s identity amid demographic decline.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Garlic, onion, and ginger have earned a reputation for supporting heart health, circulation, and healthy cholesterol levels.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
24 Oct. 2025
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Scholar Mary Jane Edwards is one who asserts the book’s primacy.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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The twin bases of the American experiment in political pluralism—the fable about the United States as a land of immigrants and the reality of unchallenged global primacy—are simultaneously crumbling.—
Pankaj Mishra,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Transcendence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transcendence. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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