ascending

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The sectors are sorted by current forward P/E, ascending, with the full index at the bottom.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

Andy Grove worked at Intel for almost 20 years before ascending to CEO in 1987, becoming one of our greatest immigrant success stories along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

"Mogging", for example, means being better looking than another man, and "ascending" is becoming better looking.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Note the back-to-back doji candles on March 16-17 that started the pivot in a bullish ascending triangle pattern, which was broken out at $75,000 on April 14.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Rewrite each scale from Figure 4.18 as an ascending harmonic minor scale.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones