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ascendancy

[uh-sen-duhn-see] / əˈsɛn dən si /


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Totalitarian abuses of power and the banal ascendancy of evil aren’t stopped with mere pity, she maintained, but with thoughtfulness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Hence the ascendancy of Taylor Frankie Paul, queen of MomTok and “Mormon Wives,” a woman known for her lack of filter and habit of putting it all out there.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Kim Jong Un was virtually unknown until a few years before his ascendancy atop the country in 2011.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Mikaela Shiffrin continued her ascendancy over the women's slalom in Courchevel on Tuesday night as she swept to a fifth straight victory in the discipline and 105th World Cup win.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025

Are we then to...wage another Peloponessian War to settle the ascendancy between them.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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