as in to climb
to move or extend upward
the path ascended so steeply at one point that we had to scramble up on our hands and knees
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Recent Examples of ascend
The integrated steering system puts serious maneuverability at the pilot's fingertips, and the Super Sub can dive and ascend at angles up to 45 degrees and make turns of up to 30 degrees.
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New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2026
James ascended for one last alley-oop dunk in the fourth before Doncic’s final 3-pointer, to show not just Durant, but the Rockets, who was king in Houston on Wednesday.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 19 Mar. 2026
The Walt Disney Company’s CEO transition is notable not just for who is ascending, but for how deliberately the company built financial stability around it by extending CFO Hugh Johnston’s contract months before a new CEO was even named.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
For the past three seasons, Carlsbad High School has been ascending the ranks of girls lacrosse.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
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New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2026
James ascended for one last alley-oop dunk in the fourth before Doncic’s final 3-pointer, to show not just Durant, but the Rockets, who was king in Houston on Wednesday.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 19 Mar. 2026
The Walt Disney Company’s CEO transition is notable not just for who is ascending, but for how deliberately the company built financial stability around it by extending CFO Hugh Johnston’s contract months before a new CEO was even named.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
For the past three seasons, Carlsbad High School has been ascending the ranks of girls lacrosse.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
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In 2024, Contra Costa County investigators searched a ravine and found the ladder Matthew Muller described using to climb into a family's house weeks after the March 2015 attack on Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn.—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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And Friday’s loss pushed the Heat even further away from climbing out of the play-in tournament.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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In the meantime, the Bay Area will stay dry on Thursday with a notable warming trend as temperatures rise back into the 80s across the interior, with a more muted warmup (into the 70s) closer to the water.—
Greg Porter,
San Francisco Chronicle,
26 Mar. 2026
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Tensions rose, neighbors said, to the point that King was heard at times swearing at Kirsten Wells as well as others using vulgar epithets.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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An ongoing and almost total block on the Strait of Hormuz, a vital maritime passage for oil and gas out of the Middle East, has sent global energy prices soaring.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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Trump aides say the backlash sends views soaring.—
Drew Harwell,
Washington Post,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Ascend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascend. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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