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
  • An investigation revealed the suspect had trespassed and peered into a home through a glass door.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There were, after all, the men who trespassed, as if my young body was theirs to forage.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Wake County schools violated policy when staff did not address the effects of bullying on Danielle, said an April 2024 letter from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
    Fred Clasen-Kelly, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Argentina and other countries under Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) also have protections that may be violated by tariffs, Comprés said.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cal Fire’s newest proposal for Jackson, dubbed AMEX, targets nearly 500 acres with a patchwork of small clearcuts and is silent on tree sizes to be felled.
    John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Footage from the 1966 Italian documentary Africa Addio, of a herd of elephants being felled by both ground hunters and sharpshooters in helicopters, is distressing to watch.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cal Fire revoked the fireworks licenses for companies linked to the Esparto compound after their investigation concluded that Chee, Devastating’s owner, and Cutright, on behalf of BlackStar Fireworks, broke California fireworks laws.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Bell recalls watching his parents perform in a production of Good News, laughing with his brother as a ukulele broke over his father’s head on stage.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In Jacksonville, Florida, a 5-year-old wandered away from home in the early morning hours.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Despite its common name, this creature wasn’t simply a lion that wandered into the Americas.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Regulators are questioning whether OpenAI has strayed from its original public-benefit mission in favor of commercial growth—recent suicides linked to ChatGPT have also complicated the issue.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This is the furthest Supermassive Games has strayed from the cinematic and orchestrated vision that defined the last 10 years of the studio.
    Echo Apsey, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Transgressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgressed. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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