ascendant
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It is the latest step in Greaves' ascendant career, after she recorded a 114-match winning run in the PDC Women's Series and became the first woman to hit a nine-dart finish on the PDC ProTour.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
They bet big on the ascendant Florida Republican Party, backing Rick Scott all the way to the governor’s mansion.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Baseball and its “unrivaled patriotic and interclass appeal” were ascendant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Julian Alvarez headed wide as Atletico, ascendant, looked for a second.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
All that arcane business about planets ascendant in this or that solar or lunar “house” or the “Age of Aquarius” comes from Ptolemy, who codified the Babylonian astrological tradition.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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