ascending
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Was he ranking that in ascending order of importance?
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026
On notes circulating currently, in ascending order of value, are former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, author Jane Austen, artist JMW Turner and mathematician and wartime codebreaker Alan Turing.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Here they are, sorted by ascending intraday forward P/E early Monday:
From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026
He suggested accusers might have come forward because the broker brothers hurt people’s feelings, particularly when they were ascending professionally.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Cedric Diggory is ascending out of the water and seemingly out of the competition.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
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