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also ascendency
as in dominance
controlling power or influence over others
a book chronicling the ascendancy of fascism in Europe after World War I
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Recent Examples of ascendancy
Newsweek is looking back at the handful of times a vice president has stepped in to serve as president and outlines the process of ascendancy.
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
This comes amidst broader concerns about China’s ascendency in international diplomacy and the global economy.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
YouTube’s ascendency has blurred the divides between television programming, social content and podcasts.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Of course, Jude’s ascendency has long hinged on his eagerness to look for the absurdity in the serious, and the seriousness in the absurd.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
This comes amidst broader concerns about China’s ascendency in international diplomacy and the global economy.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
YouTube’s ascendency has blurred the divides between television programming, social content and podcasts.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Of course, Jude’s ascendency has long hinged on his eagerness to look for the absurdity in the serious, and the seriousness in the absurd.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ascendancy
Noun
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Kimberly-Clark has been attempting to challenge the dominance of consumer goliath Procter & Gamble, whose business spans all drugstore aisles, including cold and digestion medicines.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Harmanpreet Kaur’s squad was the first, first-time champion since 2000, when New Zealand ended the long dominance of Australia and England.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Everything bops breezily along, stopping occasionally to have Dek growl maxims about strength through domination, and observe a decapitation or two.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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By 1974, though, many women had already discarded those notions as instruments of domination, psychic equivalents of the whalebone corset.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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But what kind of democracy could that system be, which perpetuated colonial dominion by securing all the key elements to benefit France: the monetary system, foreign affairs, education, business, and much more.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
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In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Buffs have stumbled after a 4-0 start and struggle to maintain AFC East supremacy over the Patriots.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
2 Nov. 2025
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Buffs have stumbled after a 4-0 start and struggle to maintain AFC East supremacy over the Patriots.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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Rarely in American history have US presidents supported constraints on American sovereignty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The flag, a symbol of the tribe’s long and hard-fought sovereignty, the ways its people have given to the Elk Grove community, and ties to land that date back, in Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen’s remarks, to time immemorial, launches the city’s commemoration of Native American Heritage Month.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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But the succession crisis that her sudden and dangerous illness had brought to the fore would dominate the rest of her long reign.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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By appointing a man who was deeply unpopular with fans by the end of his reign so recently, though, Wolves would have been condemning him and his players to working in a poisonous environment from day one.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Ascendancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascendancy. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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