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also ascendence
as in dominance
controlling power or influence over others
studied the ascendance of modernism in 20th-century art and design
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Recent Examples of ascendance
His arrival and ascendance to being that go-to guy for all sorts of goodies upsets established power structures.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
Possible answers include Watergate, the Reagan Revolution, and the ascendence of cable news, reality television, and the internet.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Eala might not yet have the status of Manny Pacquiao, the former boxing world champion, but give her just a little more time, Filipinos who are in a position to gauge her ascendance say.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
This is the type of growth that precedes ascendance.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
Possible answers include Watergate, the Reagan Revolution, and the ascendence of cable news, reality television, and the internet.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Eala might not yet have the status of Manny Pacquiao, the former boxing world champion, but give her just a little more time, Filipinos who are in a position to gauge her ascendance say.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
This is the type of growth that precedes ascendance.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for ascendance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ascendance
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Most Grand Slams are experiencing a flood of fans and record revenue overall, much of that helped by the emerging dominance of Sinner and Alcaraz, who could build their budding rivalry for another decade or more.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
1 June 2026
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Some build through competitive dominance, constantly seeking an advantage over rivals.—
Kim Lawton,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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One such set lies in the city’s Flavelle, Port Moody location, where a sprawling makeshift village depicts different boroughs of Ba Sing Se, the next target in Fire Lord Ozai’s mission for global domination.—
Entertainment Weekly,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
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But neither franchise domination, AI nor streaming make Spielberg fret for the future of movies.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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When God charged Adam with dominion over the garden, the word that matters — the word Pettigrew keeps returning to — is stewardship.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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At stake for Netflix is its continuing SVOD dominion over one of its biggest subscriber markets in the world.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
25 May 2026
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Social-media platforms are filled with short-form videos that clumsily grapple with stigmas surrounding height supremacy.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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Back in the ‘90s, two regional park chains, Six Flags and Cedar Fair, were battling it out for roller-coaster supremacy.—
HubSpot,
HubSpot,
1 June 2026
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The governors, Alfonso Durazo of Sonora and Américo Villarreal Anaya of Tamaulipas, denied any wrongdoing and called accusations against them an attempt to undermine Mexican sovereignty.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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India is also pushing for AI sovereignty, spurred in part by Beijing and Washington’s tightening grip on their tech and infrastructure.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
3 June 2026
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But Vance's ascendancy to the White House, plus the growing popularity of Vivek Ramaswamy among the GOP, forced DeWine to play political chess and set his former lieutenant governor on a new course.—
Haley BeMiller,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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Besides, even more so than during the AOL years, international communication can now be mediated by technology, translated instantaneously via app, and aided by the ascendancy of English as a de facto lingua franca.—
Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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Such variety seemed impossible as recently as 2018, when the Golden State Warriors were at the height of their reign and decades of history suggested the NBA would always be the American sports league most characterized by dynasties.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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Archaeological remnants of his reign—the Arch of Galerius and the Rotunda—flaunt the city’s antiquity.—
Magda Teter,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
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