ascend
Example Sentences
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Since he ascended to the top role just 17 months ago, Lam has enthusiastically pursued an anti-corruption drive, thinned and streamlined bureaucracy, and accelerated infrastructure investment in reforms officials describe as a "revolution".
From Barron's
But on Wednesday, the Bitcoin fund broke above a bullish ascending triangle pivot of $54.
From Barron's
There are also climbing nets that kids can use to ascend to the rafters to take care of the animals up top.
From Los Angeles Times
Rather, they are almost a thousand years ahead of much of the world because they follow a calendar that starts at 950 BC, when King Sheshonq ascended the throne of Egypt.
From BBC
Players are rewarded with perks for ascending to “category captain” because their product gains the most share of, say, the plush sector.
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