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studied the ascendance of modernism in 20th-century art and design
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China’s ascendance as a ‘soft’ power tallies with its growing status as an economic Goliath and underscores the link between soft power and the harder-nosed world of business.
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Courtney Fingar, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The song has notched three weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, which earlier became Bey’s historic first No. 1 on the ranking; prior to its ascendance, no Black woman, or female known to be biracial, had led the list.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2024
Apple’s path to automobile ascendance may even provide a road map for its approach to generative AI.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
This time, the movie is notably up front about Celie’s queerness, offers more nuanced characterizations of the story’s Black men and dwells less on Celie’s abuse than on her ascendance from difficult circumstance.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
But this has not happened, partly because of the ascendance of the Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
—Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
This seems prescient, given Kennedy’s recent ascendance in a political sphere already filled with demagogues, some in Congress who are politicizing dangerous nonsense about vaccines.
—Keith Kloor, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2023
In Washington today, countering China’s technological ascendance is that rare objective that captures support on both sides of the political aisle.
—Peter S. Goodman Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Despite Khamenei’s ascendance to the post of supreme leader, Rafsanjani was initially the man in charge.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Courtney Fingar, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The song has notched three weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, which earlier became Bey’s historic first No. 1 on the ranking; prior to its ascendance, no Black woman, or female known to be biracial, had led the list.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2024
Apple’s path to automobile ascendance may even provide a road map for its approach to generative AI.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
This time, the movie is notably up front about Celie’s queerness, offers more nuanced characterizations of the story’s Black men and dwells less on Celie’s abuse than on her ascendance from difficult circumstance.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
But this has not happened, partly because of the ascendance of the Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
—Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
This seems prescient, given Kennedy’s recent ascendance in a political sphere already filled with demagogues, some in Congress who are politicizing dangerous nonsense about vaccines.
—Keith Kloor, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2023
In Washington today, countering China’s technological ascendance is that rare objective that captures support on both sides of the political aisle.
—Peter S. Goodman Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Despite Khamenei’s ascendance to the post of supreme leader, Rafsanjani was initially the man in charge.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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