had transcended
- past perfect of transcend.
Example Sentences
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Her status as a firm fan favourite was cemented when she won BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 2023, showing her profile had transcended football.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
Mr. Simpson, at the time, was seen as someone who had transcended the tense and deadly relationship other Black Angelenos had with law enforcement.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
And back in L.A., another Homeboy product, Isaac Gonzales, described how he had transcended his difficult youth despite some people laughing at his college ambitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
They had transcended both the obvious video record of their belligerent recklessness and their own well-documented history of overreacting to perceived incursions onto their property.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2021
When the leaders were older than me I could believe in their wisdom, I could believe they had transcended rage and malice and the need to be loved.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
