Examples of ascendant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The fast-ascendant baritone Jarrett Ott, as Seward, mastered a demanding tessitura and vividly conveyed the character’s arrogance and agony. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 The unique placement of the planets in the houses is determined by your rising sign, also known as your ascendant. — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 4 July 2021 Harris's North Node of Destiny in Sagittarius falls on his ascendant in Sagittarius, which means that their pairing is fated in the stars. — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 13 Aug. 2020 The ruler of the ascendant is Jupiter, which is located in the first house. — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 13 Aug. 2020 Another good sign: On Election Day, the Moon will be in Gemini, on Harris's ascendant, and on the transiting North Node of Destiny. — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 13 Aug. 2020 There has been a fundamental shift in the way electricity is generated in the United States, with cleaner energy sources such as natural gas, wind and solar power ascendant. — New York Times, 2 June 2018 With e-commerce ascendant, nearly everyone else in the retailing, from venerable department stores to once-trendy clothiers like J. Crew, has been struggling to grow or even survive. — Chad Bray And Michael J. De La Merced, New York Times, 6 July 2017 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Montgomery’s childhood in PEI and her ascendant writing career, which ended in Ontario. — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021 Thomas saw the ascendant conservative movement as a chance to realize his environmental policy goals. — Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2021 Left-leaning critics of the ascendant anti-CRT movement like to point out that Critical Race Theory isn't being taught in schools. — Damon Linker, The Week, 25 June 2021 The study also focused specifically on how the vaccines fared when omicron was ascendant. — Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2022 Similarly, Scholz’s speech was all the more significant coming from a Social Democrat, one known for fiscal austerity who came of age at the end of the Cold War, a time when many believed democracies were ascendant and would remain so. — Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2022 Some of the most important issues Ginni Thomas has worked for are now barreling toward a Supreme Court redefined by Trump, where her husband is ascendant. — New York Times, 22 Feb. 2022 Working in marketing at Interscope from 2007-2010, Bobby Campbell got to know an ascendant pop star by the name of Lady Gaga. — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 21 May 2021 Tasked with saving the planet, the film’s melancholy protagonist represents both a fantasy and a nightmare for the ascendant generation. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2021 See More

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