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studied the ascendance of modernism in 20th-century art and design
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Even if human life is just a result of a big bang, ascendance from a primordial swamp, and billions of years of evolution, doesn’t nature know better?
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024
June 19, 2024 Adulthood has held many surprises—that my mom really was right about everything, that cheese is criminally expensive—but for me one of the biggest has been the ascendance of the hot-priest trope.
—Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Vogue, 19 June 2024
The ascendance of tactical nuclear weapons, much smaller and designed for potential battlefield use, significantly blurs these lines.
—Tamlyn Hunt, Scientific American, 17 June 2024
They’re dismayed by the ascendance of SUVs, which has forced sedan, coupe and convertible sales to less than 30% of the sales.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2024
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024
June 19, 2024 Adulthood has held many surprises—that my mom really was right about everything, that cheese is criminally expensive—but for me one of the biggest has been the ascendance of the hot-priest trope.
—Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Vogue, 19 June 2024
The ascendance of tactical nuclear weapons, much smaller and designed for potential battlefield use, significantly blurs these lines.
—Tamlyn Hunt, Scientific American, 17 June 2024
They’re dismayed by the ascendance of SUVs, which has forced sedan, coupe and convertible sales to less than 30% of the sales.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2024
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“Ascendance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ascendance. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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