ascended

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When OpenAI was formed, Musk's star had fully ascended.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Even when he ascended to the White House, he deployed the expression liberally, often aiming it at his staff and Cabinet members.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

Rock climber Alex Honnold, a California native, has ascended the Taipei 101 skyscraper without any ropes or protective equipment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

As private credit ascended from a Wall Street backwater to a booming market, the industry found the nation’s insurance companies to be a ready source of capital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

A thousand feet up the immense slant of the Lhotse Face, I ascended a faded nylon rope that seemed to go on forever, and the higher I got, the more lag- gardly I moved.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer