1
as in to trespass
to commit an offense
I didn't realize I was transgressing when I told your sister she looked like she had lost weight
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2
as in to violate
to fail to keep
don't even think about transgressing the drug laws of that Asian country, for punishments are severe and there's nothing that our government can do to intervene
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Recent Examples of transgress
The holiday is a celebration of subtle LGBTQ+ drama, pleasure and the past transgressed by costumes painstakingly crafted by their creators.
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Lydia Patrick, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Both pay a price for transgressing the boundaries of what’s deemed acceptable for young white women negotiating the new freedoms of mobility and modernity.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
Moreover, there was the nagging question of whether the tournament would transgress the NCAA’s increasingly fuzzy, but still formal, prohibition against paying athletes to play.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Antidemocratic rhetoric transgresses long-standing norms both of political tolerance and of constitutional limits on power.
—Christopher Miller, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
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Lydia Patrick, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Both pay a price for transgressing the boundaries of what’s deemed acceptable for young white women negotiating the new freedoms of mobility and modernity.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
Moreover, there was the nagging question of whether the tournament would transgress the NCAA’s increasingly fuzzy, but still formal, prohibition against paying athletes to play.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Antidemocratic rhetoric transgresses long-standing norms both of political tolerance and of constitutional limits on power.
—Christopher Miller, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transgress
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The idea behind militarizing the buffer zone is that any apprehensions by service members would be treated similarly to trespassing on a military base, with troops holding migrants until law enforcement arrives.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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Patrol officers were dispatched to the 300 block of Asylum Street Tuesday on a report of a person trespassing on the property and refusing to leave, according to Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police Department.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
25 Feb. 2025
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The order violates core constitutional rights, including the rights to free speech and due process.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Without a life rights agreement, storytellers will need to take greater care that nothing in the work defames the subject or violates their privacy, among other things.—
Legal Entertainment,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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After this, oil production will fall, albeit slowly toward 2050, as decarbonization proceeds and more electric vehicles take to the roads.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Overall, bookings fell after the deadly Jan. 29 D.C. crash, rebounded a bit, and then fell again after the Feb. 17 crash in Toronto, in which a regional jet crashed upon landing, overturned and caught fire.—
Sam Sweeney,
ABC News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Since then, The Bachelorette has had 21 seasons and 23 leads (Seasons 16 and 19 had two Bachelorettes) until February 2025 when news broke that ABC had put the series on pause.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
17 Mar. 2025
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Cybersecurity Jobs Will Skyrocket Due To Quantum Computing Quantum computers will eventually break the encryption that keeps our online information safe.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Elderly residents wandered off without supervision, medications weren’t properly administered, and emergency pull cords in some bedrooms didn’t work, the state alleged.—
Emily Alpert Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Visitors can wander over 50 acres of natural beauty, including an interactive area for children, a wetland garden featuring native species, and a dedicated space housing over 1,500 roses.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Transgress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgress. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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