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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
transcend .
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Examples
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As one of the first titles to take advantage of next-gen horsepower, the title transcended the regular boxing game, becoming a must have for folks that love to show off their high-end home theaters.
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I chose the comparison because I wanted to make sure his name transcended - at the time no one knew Lionel.
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I chose the comparison because I wanted to make sure his name transcended - at the time no one knew
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I chose the comparison because I wanted to make sure his name transcended - at the time no one knew Lionel.
Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk Marcela Mo 2010
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But his name transcended well beyond sport to become one of the most revered worldwide.
unknown title 2009
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Partly, because at the end of the second movie hadn't scrat "transcended"?
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Mr. MAHANTHAPPA: Well, what we heard there - I have to tell you, I'm kind of transcended elsewhere.
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The usual dodge is to say, but well, that writer "transcended" their genre to become genuinely literary: i.e. we're going to say this is "fine art" fiction because it's great writing even though it began its career as a mystery or fantasy novel.
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In other words, Obama "transcended" race by ignoring the subject, and discussed it only when forced to do so by others.
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How it warms the cockles of my heart to know that Obama, who apparently gave a "historic race speech" in March, has apparently "transcended" racism by choosing a candidate who just months ago was genuinely surprised that Obama wasn't a disheveled, mumbling, Colt 45 drinking, dread locked, gangsta rapping, sexually threatening dark man incapable of intelligent speech.
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