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

The second, “16 Carriages” is a soulful slow-burn with ascendent organs and steel guitar, Beyoncé singing an ode to hard work and legacy.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2024

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

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2023

Who needs patronage from Visa, Amazon, and Apple when there’s a suite of companies built to serve the specific inclinations of the ascendent Twitch generation?

From The Verge • Jun. 29, 2022

At certain stages of cultural development the worldly wise are in the ascendent in the literary world, as they were in the Restoration and after the first World War.

From Essay upon Wit by Addison, Joseph