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ascend

[uh-send] / əˈsɛnd /


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But what some perceive as a negative makes the Green Lantern legend appealing to others, especially those driven to ascend through ambition and hard work.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

I’d love to see this film’s ingenue, Monica Barbaro, ascend to their ranks.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

Participants also reported how many flights of stairs they climbed daily, based on the estimate that each flight takes 8 seconds to ascend.

From Science Daily Apr. 27, 2026

"After recording several takes of this work... she quietly turned to me and said, 'This one is good. I would like to have this one played when I ascend into heaven'."

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

“According to M-Mercer,” Isidore pointed out, “a-all life returns. The cycle is c-c-complete for a-a-animals, too. I mean, we all ascend with him, die—”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

As the rover ascends, the landscape increasingly shows signs that water gradually disappeared over time, although occasional wetter periods allowed rivers and lakes to return.

From Science Daily Mar. 14, 2026

This is why the Ferrari Purosangue—with a free-breathing V12 engine—loses power as it ascends in altitude.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Only days remain until Zohran Mamdani ascends the throne of New York City, and nearly all his great opponents have given up.

From Slate Dec. 29, 2025

Jim MacLeod, 24, his older brother Glen and a friend had climbed the challenging mountaineer’s route, which ascends the east face.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2025

The ball of paper bursts into flame and ascends across the stage.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

The king ascended the Scandinavian country's throne in January 1991 and has openly ruled out abdicating.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

As Amodei ascended within OpenAI, Clark joined him at company events.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

And as he ascended, James Dolan even turned on the patriarch, blocking his then-78-year-old father’s dream deal with a satellite TV business.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Grainge’s son Elliot ascended through the record industry with his 10k Projects label, and now heads UMG’s competitor Atlantic Records.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Virginia Tucker, who had ascended to the position of head computer, ran Langley’s entire computing operation of over two hundred women, and supervised Margery Hannah and the other section heads.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Turner played with Donald as a rookie in 2023 and soaked up as much as he could from the eight-time All-Pro before ascending to become a team leader.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

He left for army training in Belgrade in the early 1960s, becoming an officer by the age of 22 and ascending to be commander of the Bosnian Serb forces in the war.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Additionally, the chart is showing a bullish technical pattern known as an ascending triangle.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Neros’s profile in the administration has been ascending.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Cedric Diggory is ascending out of the water and seemingly out of the competition.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling




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