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
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
There were likewise ruins of edifices apparently unfinished, and traditions of an ascendent race which had passed away before the development of the Incas of Pizarro's time.
From History of Human Society by Frank W. (Frank Wilson) Blackmar
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