ascendancy

Example Sentences

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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

If Scotland can claim the ascendancy and score early, they will surely keep looking for further goals.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Swiss stopper Sommer saved from Marc Pubill as well, with the hosts in the ascendancy in the final stages, and they eventually got their second in the third minute of stoppage time.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

Octavian, of whom I have written, and William Williams, another servant of the College of Lucidity in the days of our ascendancy, set forth seven days ago with a foraging detail navigating the Rappahannock River.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson