1
as in to trespass
to commit an offense
I didn't realize I was transgressing when I told your sister she looked like she had lost weight
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2
as in to violate
to fail to keep
don't even think about transgressing the drug laws of that Asian country, for punishments are severe and there's nothing that our government can do to intervene
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Recent Examples of transgress
What emerges in 2025 is a chilling message to everyone about not transgressing proscribed gender roles.
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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
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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
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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
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The county judge and county attorney — the officials who handled the thousands of trespassing prosecutions — each got a substantial raise.—
Jack Herrera Jack Herrera,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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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
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Its Senate passage could come as soon as Monday after days of delay due to the parliamentarian, a nonpartisan Senate rules referee, determining that dozens of provisions violated the Byrd Rule.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
29 June 2025
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When her moment came to walk the red carpet three days later, a radiant Cassie held hands with Combs, her hair styled to fall just over her injured eyebrow and eye.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Season two saw Valerie cast in an HBO project about the sitcom writer who made her life hell in season one, earning widespread acclaim professionally even as her personal life was falling apart.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
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Those same fans then saw Judge show off his otherworldly strength in the Yankees’ 5-3 loss to the Orioles, as his solo home run off Tomoyuki Sugano in the third inning broke a 2-2 tie.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2025
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The 30-year-old international affairs student wasn’t accused of breaking any laws during the protests at Columbia.—
Holly Ramer,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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So a guineafowl moving at a slow jog of 1 km/h (0.6 mph) – roughly the pace of a wandering toddler – through Alexander's formula would be estimated as 4.7 km/h (2.9 mph).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 June 2025
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Guests are invited to wander the gardens, join sourdough baking classes, and basically geek out on where their food comes from.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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“Transgress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgress. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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