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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
In northern Mexico, this bias, combined with a climate that was better suited to growing wheat than corn, resulted in the ascendance of the flour tortilla.
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
His business outlasted the pandemic, the global financial recession, the ascendance of e-commerce and other economic turning points.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
And while the Cubs can point to the ascendance of Pete Crow-Armstrong and surprise impact from Carson Kelly as big reasons why, their best player has been Kyle Tucker.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Sutton said Nix’s ascendance, Denver’s return to the playoffs and his confidence in how the organization thinks of him all add up to an excitement level to attend the voluntary portion of the offseason.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
His business outlasted the pandemic, the global financial recession, the ascendance of e-commerce and other economic turning points.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
And while the Cubs can point to the ascendance of Pete Crow-Armstrong and surprise impact from Carson Kelly as big reasons why, their best player has been Kyle Tucker.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Sutton said Nix’s ascendance, Denver’s return to the playoffs and his confidence in how the organization thinks of him all add up to an excitement level to attend the voluntary portion of the offseason.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ascendance
Noun
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Dominating Grocery Walmart’s dominance is most pronounced in grocery.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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This launched an era of dominance with a string of classic main events.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
Noun
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His administration approached leadership not as domination but as facilitation.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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The group’s No. 1 run began in July 2019, when Del Barrio Hasta Aquí debuted at the summit, becoming its longest-leading set to date, with an 18-week domination.—
Griselda Flores,
Billboard,
17 June 2025
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The ascendancy of Bloodlines means the fall of the previous box office champ, Marvel's Thunderbolts*, also known as The New Avengers, which took the top spot at last weekend's box office and upon its premiere the weekend before.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
18 May 2025
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In the aftermath of Trump’s second ascendancy to the Oval Office this January, legislators in at least five states have introduced measures asking the Supreme Court to officially overturn Obergefell.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ceding any hopes of air supremacy, Tehran relies on an advanced air defense array and an extensive ballistic missile arsenal.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 June 2025
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The most powerful tech giants in the world have spent the last several years trying to out-jockey each other for AI supremacy.—
Richard Nieva,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
Noun
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For people like Truman, the advantages of U.S. hegemony were blindingly obvious.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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While modern farmer protests in France may seem to tell the tale of the small-time farmer fighting against the hegemony of global economic growth, history tells us that the situation is far more complicated.—
Made by History,
Time,
25 Apr. 2025
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The droid suggests the predominance of Disney’s commercial priorities over Gilroy’s yearning for adult drama.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
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Donald Trump has proposed instead for the United States to use its economic and military predominance as tools of naked coercion, dispensing entirely with the niceties of international agreements and even domestic constitutional constraint.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Ascendance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascendance. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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