transgressed

past tense of transgress

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of transgressed Nothing about the Commission's proceedings, moreover, transgressed the Seventh Amendment's jury trial guarantee. Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025 Right now, researchers can say that the biosphere boundary has been transgressed on almost all land surfaces, mainly due to agriculture. Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transgressed
Verb
  • The suspect is also believed to have trespassed at a property on Ute Creek Road in Idaho Springs on Thursday morning, Denver7 reported.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Marine Corps records showed the same man previously trespassed on Camp Pendleton in September 2022, September 2023 and May 27 of this year, according to the agent.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Days later, on September 13, Russian drones violated Romanian airspace, prompting Bucharest to scramble fighter jets.
    Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In another lawsuit, lawyers argue that the First Amendment rights of detainees are being violated because attorneys face challenges in meeting with their clients at the site.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Now imagine he was felled by an assassin’s bullet.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The rebuilding took 1,200 oak trees felled from forests across France to replace the framework of the roof and 1,000 construction workers.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After coming back from a 3-0 deficit in the 2004 American League Championship Series, the Red Sox not only broke their World Series curse that year, but went on to defeat the Yankees in the teams' next two postseason battles in 2018 and 2021.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • As the circle closed in, the pig faked right and broke left, making a mad dash for the nearby woods (Jonathan Taylor, watch your back).
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Valora had previously wandered away from home in 2020 and was later found a few hours later at a nearby church, according to the site.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • From a tiny blind dog who wandered the streets of North Carolina, to a sweet boxer mix struggling with kennel stress in Texas, here are some recent shelter stories from across the country.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the meantime, the eyes of NHL owners have strayed south of the border, where a handful of American markets have reportedly expressed interest in forking over expansion fees that could one day eclipse $2 billion.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But none of them ever strayed far from their love of the peaks.
    Outside, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Transgressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgressed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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