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The work of molecular biophysicist Enrique M. De La Cruz is known for ______ traditional boundaries between academic disciplines. The university laboratory that De La Cruz runs includes engineers, biologists, chemists, and physicists, and the research the lab produces makes use of insights and techniques from all those fields. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Atranscending
Breinforcing
Canticipating
Depitomizing
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. transcending
Choice D is the best answer. 'Transcending' (rising above or going beyond limits) fits the description of De La Cruz breaking down disciplinary boundaries. 'Reinforcing' and 'epitomizing' suggest the opposite; 'anticipating' does not fit context.
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