as in rises
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 ascends
Alex Warren ascends to his first Global Excl.
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Gary Trust, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2025
The trail contours around slopes thick with aspen and wildflowers, passes through forests rife with conifers and chanterelles, plunges across creeks and rivers, skirts crystalline lakes, and ascends a handful of high mountain passes.
—Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2025
With an average grade of 45 percent, the Manitou Incline ascends 2,000 feet in under a mile.
—Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
Following the path of an old railway line, the Boreas Pass ski tour begins at 10,350 feet, 750 feet above town, and ascends 1,200 feet over six miles to an 11,500-foot pass on the Continental Divide.
—John Meyer, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
But when Jesse finally ascends to the treetops midway through the nearly two-hour musical, the story seemingly has no where else to go.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Then, caught in a flood that submerges everything, the cat ascends and eventually wanders toward a boat with a capybara, lemur, stork, and golden retriever.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
In a climactic sequence unfolding in woodland, the camera ascends to offer the stark sight of the trees, arrestingly straight and tall.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
The Wolves could choose to merely refine their roster, or maintain the status quo and allow the current pieces more time to mesh in the hopes things click and the team ascends to new heights by season’s end.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2025
Gary Trust, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2025
The trail contours around slopes thick with aspen and wildflowers, passes through forests rife with conifers and chanterelles, plunges across creeks and rivers, skirts crystalline lakes, and ascends a handful of high mountain passes.
—Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2025
With an average grade of 45 percent, the Manitou Incline ascends 2,000 feet in under a mile.
—Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
Following the path of an old railway line, the Boreas Pass ski tour begins at 10,350 feet, 750 feet above town, and ascends 1,200 feet over six miles to an 11,500-foot pass on the Continental Divide.
—John Meyer, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
But when Jesse finally ascends to the treetops midway through the nearly two-hour musical, the story seemingly has no where else to go.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Then, caught in a flood that submerges everything, the cat ascends and eventually wanders toward a boat with a capybara, lemur, stork, and golden retriever.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
In a climactic sequence unfolding in woodland, the camera ascends to offer the stark sight of the trees, arrestingly straight and tall.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
The Wolves could choose to merely refine their roster, or maintain the status quo and allow the current pieces more time to mesh in the hopes things click and the team ascends to new heights by season’s end.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ascends
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Each time the calendar flips during the NBA season, that number rises by just under $12k.—
Tony East,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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Steve Hard, the current head of medical at Portsmouth, explains how there are more layers to the job the higher a club rises through the leagues.—
Tom Burrows,
The Athletic,
22 Dec. 2024
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Many state sites include locations, meeting points, and starting times of various hikes and other outdoor adventures, from mountain climbs to cross-country country-skiing.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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While its temperature from the sun never climbs above -220 degrees Fahrenheit (-140 degrees Celsius), this is still warm enough to cause these ices to sublimate.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Ascends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascends. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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