ascendency

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Adding to the optics of the Chalamet ascendency, the other nominees shown on camera during the presentation included ultimate A-lister George Clooney.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

The hosts will have sensed their moment to push further into the ascendency in this series when winning the toss and choosing to 'have a chase'.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

The kind of person he was before the bestselling memoir, the Netflix adaptation, the Silicon Valley schmoozing, and the political ascendency.

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2024

Last week’s coup toppled President Mohamed Bazoum - whose ascendency marked Niger’s first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since its independence from France.

From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2023

And that, the story went, is how man claimed ascendency over the world that was Zeru, while the demons were stricken from it by the angels.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor