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ascendant

[uh-sen-duhnt] / əˈsɛn dənt /




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It’s a stunning collapse for a onetime ad man with a dodgy reputation who rose to become the go-to digital campaign guru for Latin America’s ascendant right wing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Acme wasn’t exactly made for the ascendant financial heights reachable only by Spider-Man.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Austria will formally open a new police station on Wednesday in Adolf Hitler's former house, in the hope of deterring today's ascendant far-right extremists from making the pilgrimage to the Nazi dictator's birthplace.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

That corporate focus, coupled with recent market-leading updates to its most advanced AI models, have helped Anthropic become the ascendant AI company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

All that arcane business about planets ascendant in this or that solar or lunar “house” or the “Age of Aquarius” comes from Ptolemy, who codified the Babylonian astrological tradition.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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