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And besides that, with their hard-fought Final Four victories Friday over Texas and Connecticut, respectively, barometers for other programs that dream of ascending to such elite heights.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Was he ranking that in ascending order of importance?

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026

The current crop on circulating notes, in ascending order of note value, are Sir Winston Churchill, Jane Austen, JMW Turner and Alan Turing.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Below are all 20 companies in the sector, sorted by ascending forward P/E. We have also included dividend yields and forward free-cash-flow yields.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 7, 2026

Rewrite each scale from Figure 4.18 as an ascending and descending melodic minor scale.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones