ascendant
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It’s also a testament to bygone stigmas and ascendant trends in American dining.
The idea that the ascendant AI startup might actually play nice is proving rewarding.
On paper, it all looks fairly obvious—a team that finished the regular season 14-3 against another 14-3 team, two ascendant quarterbacks, two sterling defenses.
Virginia’s Constitution limits the governor to one term, Thomas Jefferson having feared an ascendant executive.
That Lightning & Thunder peaked when Gen Xers were ascendant makes you yearn for Brewer to grapple with how much of their fan base was ironic.
From Los Angeles Times
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