How to Use ascendance in a Sentence

ascendance

noun

• Then came the defining theme of the last 10 years: the ascendance of Python.
  — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Sep. 2023
• Dongzhi marks the return yang -- and the slow ascendance of light and warmth.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 21 Dec. 2022
• The adults are in the room, and the sensible Democrats are in ascendance.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 7 Aug. 2021
• All the while, a new group of scholars has been in ascendance.
  — Chang Che, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2020
• In the context of the band’s ascendance, the grander sweep of the production feels only right.
  — Amos Barshad, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• With this being the only threat to the ascendance of the X Parasites.
  — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 16 June 2021
• Nashville has, in many ways, enjoyed the fruits of its ascendance.
  — Arkansas Online, 2 Jan. 2022
• So why does its ascendance feel like a hostile takeover?
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2020
• For other Black Britons, Meghan’s ascendance had been a source of unease.
  — Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021
• Heard It in a Past Life, and their suggestion of a young artist working her way through her own thrilling ascendance.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2022
• That changed with the ascendance of men like Jack Welch, who took over as chief executive of G.E. in 1981 and ran the company for the next two decades.
  — New York Times, 5 June 2022
• Modern road maps followed the ascendance of the car, which could go almost anywhere.
  — Jon Marcus, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
• This was the tipoff that Trussonomics was in ascendance—and the financial markets noticed it.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
• Justice Clarence Thomas had a mere 16 months on any federal court before his ascendance to the Supreme Court.
  — Maya Wiley, The New Republic, 26 Jan. 2022
• And what does his ascendance tell us about the future of the Ohio Republican Party?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 13 May 2022
• Despite Khamenei’s ascendance to the post of supreme leader, Rafsanjani was initially the man in charge.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
• But this has not happened, partly because of the ascendance of the Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
  — Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• While no one person can be credited for the ascendance of sneakers and athletic wear, Fieg has been there every step of the way.
  — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2022
• Much of the recent enthusiasm around legumes has coincided with the ascendance of the health and wellness sector in the US.
  — Chase Purdy, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2020
• The popularity of the air fryer also reminds her of the microwave’s ascendance in the 1970s.
  — New York Times, 25 Jan. 2022
• Both chefs had worked for Wolfgang Puck during his ascendance with Spago.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2021
• Much of it is driven by the ascendance of digitally native consumers and workers — and the pandemic did the rest.
  — NBC News, 31 Dec. 2021
• The attack on Pearl Harbor struck in the maritime domain, with the specific goal to thwart our ascendance to maritime dominance that once belonged to the British.
  — Charles Beames, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Prior to Zappe's ascendance, New England had managed just 53 points.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
• But despite his ascendance, Brunson has always publicly shown love to the place where his NBA career began.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
• The decisive moment for the ascendance of balanced literacy in New York City came in 2003.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2022
• The first is about the ascendance of left tackle, the offensive lineman in charge of protecting valuable NFL quarterbacks from harm.
  — Steve Almond, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• Throughout the game’s ascendance, streamers on Twitch continue to power it all.
  — Taylor Lorenz, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2020
• To make matters worse, the core feature of G2′s ascendance — the freedom to make individual plays and just try things out — only made the job of IGL-ing more challenging.
  — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020
• The attrition in compact cars that attended SUV’s ascendance weeded out the poseurs.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024