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
The character dimension of transcendence underpins purposive leadership by supplying the steady, renewable energy that allows leaders to act with intention rather than impulse.
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Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Saturn brings structure, accountability and reality checks; Neptune brings vision, transcendence and ideals.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
This wasn’t the reassuring notion that transcendence hides within the everyday.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
Mixed into all of that, there was also transcendence.
—Leah Donnella, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Jan. 2026
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Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Saturn brings structure, accountability and reality checks; Neptune brings vision, transcendence and ideals.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
This wasn’t the reassuring notion that transcendence hides within the everyday.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
Mixed into all of that, there was also transcendence.
—Leah Donnella, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transcendence
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Netherlands’ Xandra Velzeboer won the short track 1,000 meters on Monday, claiming her second gold at the Winter Games and extending Dutch dominance of the competition.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
16 Feb. 2026
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The growing instability of the Seven Kingdoms after centuries of Targaryen dominance.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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Despite the contradiction, this strategy worked because elites are universally perceived as out of touch with the real world – with privileged and sheltered life experience that begets a sense of superiority.—
Alexa Beck,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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The result is a battlefield where concealment is harder, decision cycles are faster, and information superiority increasingly depends on who can best collect, process, and act on what their satellites see.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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But only one of them will be able to lay full claim to that distinction once the results on the March 3 primary are in.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
16 Feb. 2026
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Paula Wallace, the founder and president of the Savannah College of Art and Design, can add a new distinction to her résumé.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Generally, the federal government does not need to respect local zoning regulations that conflict with federal mandates often referred to as the supremacy clause.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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This beer company had a 10-year lock on Super Bowl commercial supremacy.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Wentworth explained why Hunter could go far in the game due to his reputation as a loyal ally.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Epstein files have forced boards of directors to protect their companies’ reputation.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Debate over this culminated in the stakeholder capitalism notion pronounced by the Business Roundtable and signed onto by almost 200 public company CEOs shortly before the pandemic, which rejected the shareholder primacy theory, long the foundation of corporate governance.—
Robert Profusek,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Thus, a theatrical window of sufficient length is vital to protect the level and duration of cultural primacy needed to create enduring value.—
Joseph M. Singer,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Transcendence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transcendence. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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