ascendent

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As far back as 1985, when the people-are-a-burden ideology was ascendent, Julian predicted China’s coming labor shortage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

But that willingness dries up temporarily in the face of new indictments, as their ascendent emotion is defensiveness.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2023

“History Books,” the title track from the band’s first album in nine years, is big-hearted freeway rock, made ascendent by frontman Brian Fallon and Springsteen’s tremulous harmonies.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023

Who needs patronage from Visa, Amazon, and Apple when there’s a suite of companies built to serve the specific inclinations of the ascendent Twitch generation?

From The Verge • Jun. 29, 2022

For it was in this latter place that the little party of castaways gathered and tried, by telling stories and cracking jokes, to keep their spirits in the ascendent.

From The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam by Goldfrap, John Henry