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ascendant

[uh-sen-duhnt] / əˈsɛn dənt /




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It’s a stunning collapse for a onetime ad man with a dodgy reputation who rose to become the go-to digital campaign guru for Latin America’s ascendant right wing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Bottomless mimosas and carb-heavy menus have become barbaric in an ascendant wellness culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Acme wasn’t exactly made for the ascendant financial heights reachable only by Spider-Man.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Austria will formally open a new police station on Wednesday in Adolf Hitler's former house, in the hope of deterring today's ascendant far-right extremists from making the pilgrimage to the Nazi dictator's birthplace.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Washington, for his part, obliged his Virginia critics by urging his stepgrandson to attend Harvard in order to escape the provincial versions of learning currently ascendant in the Old Dominion.

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




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