I. noun
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And Mr Desmond's Star is in the ascendant , a full 5.72 per cent ahead.
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For ladies in your way are apt to extend what they call their privileges and the husband never again recovers the ascendant .
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In spite of the vote for Clinton in 1992, it is that second personality that has been in the ascendant recently.
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In Yorkshire, and elsewhere, the public relations and promotional aspects are now in the ascendant .
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It is a bold colonization by a group that knows it is - and shows itself to be - in the ascendant .
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Nothing barring a major disaster can prevent her from becoming a main attraction - Barbara Dennerlein is a star in the ascendant .
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an ascendant politician
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Arran gave way to the persuasions of his half-brother, the abbot of Paisley, and to the ascendant Beaton faction.
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Tory ministers continue to watch Mr Smith's ascendant star with considerable nervousness.