as in climbed
to move or extend upward
the path ascended so steeply at one point that we had to scramble up on our hands and knees
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Recent Examples of ascended
Joseph Kabila ascended to become the fourth president of Congo at just 29 years old.
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Nicolas Niarchos, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
Clark, 53, is a former player who ascended to the union’s executive director role in 2013 following the death of Michael Weiner.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
The simulation calculated momentum and volume displacement as the Tulkun ascended and broke through the surface.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
High Street began to slope upward, and the terrain became stonier around the sides of the road as Revere and his horse, Brown Beauty, ascended Rock Hill.
—Kostya Kennedy, Time, 16 Feb. 2026
Benge has ascended quickly because of his ability to make adjustments.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Boitano watched with interest as Malinin slowly ascended.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Drake Maye's impressive season At just 23 years old and playing in his first full season in the league, Maye ascended quickly to stardom.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
The blood trail ascended a 20-foot pile of snow and ice, pushed there by a bulldozer that cleared a road in the village.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
Nicolas Niarchos, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
Clark, 53, is a former player who ascended to the union’s executive director role in 2013 following the death of Michael Weiner.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
The simulation calculated momentum and volume displacement as the Tulkun ascended and broke through the surface.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
High Street began to slope upward, and the terrain became stonier around the sides of the road as Revere and his horse, Brown Beauty, ascended Rock Hill.
—Kostya Kennedy, Time, 16 Feb. 2026
Benge has ascended quickly because of his ability to make adjustments.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Boitano watched with interest as Malinin slowly ascended.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Drake Maye's impressive season At just 23 years old and playing in his first full season in the league, Maye ascended quickly to stardom.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
The blood trail ascended a 20-foot pile of snow and ice, pushed there by a bulldozer that cleared a road in the village.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ascended
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Winters dropped below zero; summers climbed past 100 degrees.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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After Phillips 66 shuttered its Los Angeles refinery in October, gasoline imports climbed in 2025 to the highest level since at least 2016, Vortexa data show.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Palmerston, the black and white feline who rose from the streets of London to the hallowed halls of Britain’s Foreign Office, has died in Bermuda, London’s foreign ministry said Monday.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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But Duvall rose to prominence the next decade, first as the ornery Major Frank Burns in the 1970 antiwar comedy M*A*S*H, reuniting with Robert Altman, who’d previously cast him in 1967’s Countdown.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
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Settler violence in the occupied West Bank has soared in recent years, with investigations into attacks plummeting under Israel’s National Security Minister.—
Imad Isseid,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Despite setbacks, Firefly soared in its August trading debut, raising at least $933 million and reaching a peak valuation near $10 billion.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Ascended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascended. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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