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transcendentalist

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Adjective
  • Beverly, a waitress who had another daughter and then a son in the two years after Smith was born (and eventually one more daughter), had little time for her eldest’s metaphysical ponderings.
    Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The film follows a young couple (Qualley and Starkey), who inherit a farm in rural Arkansas and must conquer the demons, both physical and metaphysical, that haunt its legacy.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Some of you may have found that you were suddenly inspired — as if like a visionary — to take new paths to soar higher than ever before.
    Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
  • In 1921, while developing photographs for the visionary French fashion designer Paul Poiret, Man Ray accidentally made a photogram, in which objects are placed directly on photosensitive paper that is then exposed to light, creating a negative impression of the assemblage on the substrate.
    Ara H. Merjian, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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“Transcendentalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transcendentalist. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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