transgress

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Recent Examples of transgress The news comes just a month after final court approval of the House v. NCAA settlement, a landmark agreement that will, for the first time, permit schools to directly compensate athletes without transgressing the governing body’s bylaws. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 2 July 2025 So judges are not giving out political decisions but are acting because people transgress the law. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2025 Failing to notify Congress before making major changes to the agency may have transgressed the Administrative Procedures Act, and freezing money appropriated by Congress for foreign aid could be in violation of the Impoundment Control Act. Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 9 Feb. 2025 From the beginning, alongside the rules for building in the style of the ancients, Renaissance architects set forth rules for transgressing them. Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for transgress
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transgress
Verb
  • In its heyday, the series was forced to contend with photographers trespassing on the set, hiding in bushes and trees in hopes of capturing major spoilers.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The driver refuses to get out and argues that police are trespassing on private property.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Just days ago, Russian drones violated Polish airspace, drawing a reaction from NATO.
    Oleksandra Matviichuk, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That means public institutions that fire workers for comments in their personal capacity may be violating their constitutional rights, experts told IndyStar.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • New residential property prices fell year-on-year during August in 65 out of 70 cities surveyed by the NBS, data also showed.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Penske’s complaint argues that practice isn’t a fair exchange and has caused significant financial harm, with the company’s affiliate revenue falling by more than a third (as a result of Google’s AI Overviews co-opting traffic that might have otherwise gone to Penske outlets).
    Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Well, Kristina Collins, MD, a dermatologist based in Austin, broke it down for me.
    Lily Wohlner, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Her backing, however, did not immediately break the dam and usher in more establishment Democratic Party support.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Although the park attracts millions of nature-loving visitors every year, terrestrial cell phone signal quickly wanes once one wanders off populated areas and away from main roads.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Wildlife officials euthanized a black bear this week after the animal wandered into a Dollar General in northern New Jersey and bit a woman.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Transgress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgress. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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