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
• Just as the 1970s saw the birth and rise of the personal computer, this decade will see the ascendance of the personal drone.
  — Sophie Bushwick, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2012
• That change came in the wake of Hoda Kotb's ascendance to the co-anchor chair next to Savannah Guthrie.
  — Marisa Guthrie, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2018
• The zombie action in Dawn of the Dead (1978) is set in a shopping mall, those churches of commerce in ascendance at the time.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 July 2017
• 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
• Dillon says of their sudden ascendance to the spotlight, at the hands of Taylor.
  — Leigh Nordstrom | Wwd, latimes.com, 16 May 2017
• 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
• Either way, Spence believes the time for ascendance is over.
  — Greg Bishop, SI.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• 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
• There’s a trickle of vinegar and lemon in lieu of calamansi, but salt is in ascendance.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 5 July 2018
• Adults can either help facilitate her ascendance or get the hell out of the way.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 23 Sep. 2019
• 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
• Ironically, the pantsuit’s ascendance comes at a time when men’s suits — as a work uniform at least — are on the decline.
  — Maghan McDowell, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2018
• Indeed, Bolton's ascendance increases the risk of not one, but two wars - with North Korea and Iran.
  — chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• 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
• So, in the last 20 years with the ascendance of the celebrity chef and television, all of these things have become, to some degree, marketing terms.
  — George McCalman, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• Both bands were in ascendance and had built up a following over the previous couple of years.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 26 Sep. 2024
• But with a new P.R. mess on its hands, Snap’s re-ascendance remains an uphill battle.
  — Maya Kosoff, The Hive, 30 May 2018
• The gleaming Petronas Towers, then the world’s tallest building, were erected as symbol of the nation’s ascendance.
  — Laignee Barron / Kedah, Time, 8 May 2018
• Both parties have always been vulnerable to nominating or electing the occasional crank, but Donald Trump’s ascendance meant that a crank led the party, and the best way to join with him is to imitate him.
  — David French, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024