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ascend

verb as in go up

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In the half-hour slow movement, harp and violins ascended melodic scales, allowing each step its magical, mystery share of exultation.

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Life continued as normal, with each artist’s career ascending, until the pandemic.

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They are listed in ascending order of their trailing-month returns, which are displayed in the parentheses.

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The party, after all, has a yawning generation gap that has stymied younger politicians from attaining power, ascending to leadership and freshening Democrats’ image and agenda.

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These questions haunted me while he ascended to volleyball’s top tier.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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