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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
This ascendance has precipitated policies that have alienated India’s almost 200 million Muslims and nearly 30 million Christians.
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Ashley J. Tellis, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
There’s no denying UCF’s ascendance has left the Knights without a natural rival and feeling somewhat adrift in the Big 12.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
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.
—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
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Ashley J. Tellis, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
There’s no denying UCF’s ascendance has left the Knights without a natural rival and feeling somewhat adrift in the Big 12.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ascendance
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Paranoia is pure American, older than the Constitution—the northern states, for instance, denounced the three-fifths compromise as a Southern play for dominance.—
Book Marks
August 14,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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In the open era, age records have gone down slightly, but still show player dominance past traditional peak years.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
14 Aug. 2025
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From a reach standpoint, Netflix is arguably the best fit for the UFC—or any other league looking to establish global domination.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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These 90 million fans and counting organized themselves early on to ensure success for the boys, taking BTS from a 200-person show at Hollywood’s Troubadour to unprecedented global domination.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
24 July 2025
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In a time of TikTok and YouTube ascendancy, all the news that’s fit to print is getting shorter, and a lot less or a lot more serious.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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With rising levels of unemployment among young graduates causing increasing alarm, there are fears that the former scenario is in the ascendancy.—
Roger Trapp,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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The achievement of quantum computing, along with the concept of quantum supremacy, may raise significant concerns.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images As the U.S. and China vie for economic, technological and geopolitical supremacy, the critical elements and metals embedded in technology from consumer to industrial and military markets have become a pawn in the wider conflict.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
13 July 2025
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This was especially important during the era of network TV hegemony, when cable shows had niche audiences compared to the likes of ER and The West Wing.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
26 July 2025
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With its roots in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing organization that advocates Hindu hegemony within India, the BJP’s language policies resonate with many in a country where nearly 80% of people are Hindu.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
26 July 2025
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The predominance of Teslas in Wyoming mirrors another reality for most gasoline superusers.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Dec. 2022
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In Minnesota, despite predominance of corn and soybeans, oats and barley remain viable and are competing crops using near-identical inputs.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
20 July 2025
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“Ascendance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascendance. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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