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ascent

[uh-sent] / əˈsɛnt /


NOUN
upward slope
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But on Wednesday’s call, Cahillane downplayed the threat to cream cheese posed by cottage cheese’s ascent.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

Anthropic will have to keep up its rapid ascent after its initial public offering to stay at the top of the artificial-intelligence trade.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

I also think Elon Musk, having seen the ascent of Steve Jobs, was sort of defining himself in that way too – or going back to Thomas Edison, who had his own P.T.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Going back to the movie theme, Wakefield's resurrection over the past three seasons is almost too fanciful for Hollywood's scriptwriters, given the rapid ascent.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The visual image congealed; he saw at once a famous landscape, the old, brown, barren ascent, with tufts of dried-out bonelike weeds poking slantedly into a dim and sunless sky.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

According to the Himalayan Database, which tracks expeditions in the region, last year there were 379 ascents by climbers with permits to Everest’s summit, compared with 57 in 1996.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

When funds go from first to worst, many people attracted at the latter stages of those ascents bail out and actually lose money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

It tunneled 435 feet through the mountains for slightly easier descents and ascents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Two Indian climbers have died on Mount Everest during a record-breaking period of ascents via Nepal's southern route, as experts warn of overcrowding on the world's highest peak.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

And to meet the demand, the number of commercial enterprises peddling guided ascents of the Seven Summits, especially Everest, has multiplied correspondingly.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer


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