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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
On the players’ decision to opt-out of the CBA, Wu Tsai acknowledged the players’ point of view of the league’s financial ascendance.
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Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Its production and subsequent ascendance among film buffs hold lessons for business owners as well for unearthing the extraordinary from unexpected places.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
Sierra Ferrell, arguably the roots-music queen of the moment, made good on her ascendance with two top wins at the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards, picking up trophies for both artist of the year and album of the year at Wednesday’s ceremony in Nashville.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
These advantages validate a narrative, already accepted by many Asian political elites, of China’s ascendance and the United States’ relative decline.
—Van Jackson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2021
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Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Its production and subsequent ascendance among film buffs hold lessons for business owners as well for unearthing the extraordinary from unexpected places.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
Sierra Ferrell, arguably the roots-music queen of the moment, made good on her ascendance with two top wins at the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards, picking up trophies for both artist of the year and album of the year at Wednesday’s ceremony in Nashville.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
These advantages validate a narrative, already accepted by many Asian political elites, of China’s ascendance and the United States’ relative decline.
—Van Jackson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ascendance
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The dominance of automobiles and the infrastructure that supports them over many decades only seems inevitable in hindsight.Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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According to both Ives and Musk, that’s likely positive for Tesla, given its dominance in the market.William Gavin, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
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Beyond baseball, New York still held cultural domination.Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Paris Hilton, Martha Stewart, and More Celebrities with Unique Names for Their Famous Dogs Max's domination of naming charts started before 2022.Kelli Bender, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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His theology is focused not only on their salvation but on their ascendancy as well.Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Armed with praise from the Gay Godfather of Punk, with a small budget and large ambition for their ascendancy, the first All-Male, Alt-Gay, Downtown Fiction Roadshow began.Ira Silverberg, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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Meta’s Llama was touted as the top open model, where OpenAI’s closed models are obviously close to the curve of model supremacy.John Werner, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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In the fight for smartphone supremacy, AI is becoming the new battleground.Paul Monckton, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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But if Indian policymakers do not break the conceptual barrier between economics and security, India will remain vulnerable to China and its ambitions for hegemony in Asia.Harsh V. Pant, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2024
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Part of it will be deftly and slowly shifting money to constituencies that would, for the wrong reasons – politics and empowering different interest groups – begin to challenge the hegemony of LIHTC in the affordable housing world.Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Could environmental conditions and fossil preservation biases explain the predominance of these traits in early selachian species?Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The increasing predominance of streaming content over theatrical releasing continues apace with Brothers, a Legendary Entertainmentproduction that distributor Amazon MGM Studios dropped into a handful of theaters for a week without critics’ screenings, ahead of its Oct. 17 debut on Prime.Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
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