ascendancy

At any time, one strain will be in the ascendancy and be the most likely to cause trouble in winter.

Rahul and Pant are the two most experienced members of the new-look India top order and they needed all of their nous to guide their team into the ascendancy.

Financial diplomats put down the Bessent ascendancy and the critical 90 day pause in the so-called "reciprocal" tariffs to some farcical West Wing antics.

With alternative nation on the ascendancy — Nirvana’s classic “Nevermind” and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ smash “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” came out after the first festival — Lollapalooza 1992 was primed to explode.

They lacked any clinical edge during their own period of ascendancy too.