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as in ascending
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In a movement that began back in 2016, as Trump was first ascendant, to diversify the Academy with people of many more backgrounds, countries, and experiences.
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Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
By kickoff, the stage had been set for Trump to flex that ascendant power.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Those views have been ascendant among Catholics in the United States for the last 40 years as part of the political movement that brought Donald Trump to power.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Even without militia groups operating at their peak levels, political violence, particularly by the right, has been ascendant over the past several years.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
By kickoff, the stage had been set for Trump to flex that ascendant power.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Those views have been ascendant among Catholics in the United States for the last 40 years as part of the political movement that brought Donald Trump to power.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Even without militia groups operating at their peak levels, political violence, particularly by the right, has been ascendant over the past several years.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Ascendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascendant. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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