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
It is necessary context for the band’s 14th studio album, “Saviors,” which maintains Green Day’s no-nonsense criticism of power players delivered atop ascendent power chords.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 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
The Malay Datu Bandars of the coast towns, where the Malays were largely in the ascendent, voyaged in royal sailing proas, some of which were covered with canopies of silk.
From The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham
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