ascendent

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As far back as 1985, when the people-are-a-burden ideology was ascendent, Julian predicted China’s coming labor shortage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

If it is ascendent depressive tunes with a musical theater sensibility you’re after, well, you’ve found it!

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2024

But that willingness dries up temporarily in the face of new indictments, as their ascendent emotion is defensiveness.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2023

Schumer regards it as the primary legislative vehicle for developing a national strategy to deal with China’s ascendent economic and military strength.

From Science Magazine • May 14, 2021

A considerable number of well-known naturalists either spoke approvingly of it, or advocated similar principles, and for a good many years it was decidedly in the ascendent.

From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Wallace, Alfred Russel