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To consume them would be to consume something that is transgressively edible, deliberately in opposition to societal norms.

From Salon Apr. 28, 2024

But they also used their bodies to transgressively maintain intimacy, such as at the 1987 kiss-in at St. Vincent’s hospital.

From Slate Mar. 20, 2020

Eilish is maybe the most transgressively popular artist in pop music today, with billions of streams and a Billboard 200 chart-topping LP, “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2019

Donnersmarck grew up stringently Catholic, a choirboy, and he still attends Mass; as an artist, he frames his goals transgressively.

From The New Yorker Jan. 14, 2019

Less transgressively but just as absurdly, Mr. Dimchev’s character participates in the post-show discussion while dead.

From New York Times Jan. 11, 2015

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