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also ascendence
as in dominance
controlling power or influence over others
studied the ascendance of modernism in 20th-century art and design
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Recent Examples of ascendance
Friends and sources told PEOPLE at the time that although Silva was excited for Costner’s Hollywood ascendance, their relationship became more difficult due to his increasingly demanding schedule.
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Brendan Le, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Huffman’s ascendance on the committee comes as part of a broader shakeup of Democratic leadership on House committees after the party’s 2024 electoral losses, amid concerns about whether new leaders are needed to reverse the party’s national fortunes.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
Regardless, there is no denying the remarkable ascendance of Silicon Valley and its tech leaders, in a single generation, from a collection of indifferent and often politically naive entrepreneurs into king-making, proximate-to-power lords of the political universe.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Other major headlines, such as Hurricane Helene, Elon Musk's political ascendance, the Israel-Gaza war and Taylor Swift's $2 billion Era's tour.
—Neal Rothschild, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
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Brendan Le, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Huffman’s ascendance on the committee comes as part of a broader shakeup of Democratic leadership on House committees after the party’s 2024 electoral losses, amid concerns about whether new leaders are needed to reverse the party’s national fortunes.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
Regardless, there is no denying the remarkable ascendance of Silicon Valley and its tech leaders, in a single generation, from a collection of indifferent and often politically naive entrepreneurs into king-making, proximate-to-power lords of the political universe.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Other major headlines, such as Hurricane Helene, Elon Musk's political ascendance, the Israel-Gaza war and Taylor Swift's $2 billion Era's tour.
—Neal Rothschild, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ascendance
Noun
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However, despite its success, the play drew increasing criticism for its dominance.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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The first reason for the low-budget erotic thriller’s dominance had to do with Blockbuster Video’s supremacy as the United States’ biggest video store chain.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2025
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All of humanity originates from Africa; everything beyond that point is a story of migration, conflict, and domination.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Which is why so much of Washington is looking to the courts as the bulwark against Trumpism’s total domination.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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Wielding the language of liberal internationalism to justify ruinous intervention abroad has long been the modus operandi of the neoconservatives, who, since the ascendancy of Trump over the Republican Party, have gravitated back to their original home among the Democrats.—
Anatol Lieven,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Unfortunately, his ascendancy has been driven in large part by the fact that a large number of workers in America have more faith in Trump than in the Democratic Party.—
John Samuelsen,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Now, China is facing off with the U.S. not just on trade but advanced technologies including AI and semiconductors, as the world’s two largest economies jockey for supremacy in these areas.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes,
17 Feb. 2025
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Their supremacy in the sport was fueled, in part, by the fact that they were looked after exceptionally well by the state.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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There’s a real fear about the eroding hegemony of whiteness internationally.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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Applying pressure to soft, secret places, the critic exposed fake oppositions, crude essentialisms, bourgeois hegemonies, totalizing mechanisms, humanist teleologies, squalid repressions, influential aporias, and many more textual fragilities.—
Emily Eakin,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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His remedy: restore industrial capacity to sustain U.S. military predominance indefinitely.—
Reid Smith,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Feb. 2025
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The predominance of digital communications has exacerbated feelings of loneliness and disconnection, with many Gen Zer struggling to rebuild their social skills in the post-pandemic world.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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