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ascendancy

[uh-sen-duhn-see] / əˈsɛn dən si /


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Totalitarian abuses of power and the banal ascendancy of evil aren’t stopped with mere pity, she maintained, but with thoughtfulness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Hence the ascendancy of Taylor Frankie Paul, queen of MomTok and “Mormon Wives,” a woman known for her lack of filter and habit of putting it all out there.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Sabalenka was now in the ascendancy and smacked a scorching backhand to break for a 2-0 lead, then holding for 3-0.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

England kept them to just the one score, with Cokayne wedging herself under Eva Karpani to deny the Australia prop a try during Australia's early period of ascendancy.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

Are we then to...wage another Peloponessian War to settle the ascendancy between them.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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