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How to pronounce ascendence in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ascendance, ascendancy, ascendency, control, dominance
Type of condition, status
Has types ascendent, despotism, domination, dominion, mastery, monopoly, predominance, predomination, prepotency, regulation, rule, supremacy, absolutism, tyranny, ascendant
Derivation ascendent

Examples of ascendence

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She studied at Yale University while the Yale School of deconstruction was in ascendence.
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The Sunnis in Iraq lost power with the demise of Saddam Hussein, and the Shias are in ascendence.
From the independent.co.uk
Also, the writer Roland Hangling, many Rugby and other sports players, are also of English ascendence.
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With new technologies, as with the ascendence of television decades ago, we have to ask ourselves whether, or to what extent, the medium is the message.
From the post-gazette.com
Emotionally charged and starkly beautiful, Last Train Home examines one fractured family to shed light on the human cost of China's ascendence as an economic superpower.
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At Sparta, meanwhile, traditionalists who had supported Callicratidas pressed for peace with Athens, knowing that a continuation of the war would lead to the re-ascendence of their opponent Lysander.
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More examples
  • Dominance: the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
  • (ascendent) ascendant: position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"
  • (ascendent) ancestor: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
  • Ascendence is the second album by Australian heavy metal band Lord. It was released in early September 2007 by Melbourne label Modern Invasion and in Japan by Soundholic.
  • (ascendent) A person from whom one is descended; A position of power or control; Upward in direction or proclivity
  • (Ascendent) The intersection point between the ecliptic and the eastern horizon. Also known as the rising degree and (generally) the cusp of the 1st house. See also House.