variants
also ascendencies
as in dominances
controlling power or influence over others
a book chronicling the ascendancy of fascism in Europe after World War I
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The Black Sea region stands out as a canvas of chokepoints and competing sovereignties, of energy routes and grain corridors, of overlapping jurisdictions and unresolved conflicts.—
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“Ascendancies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascendancies. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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