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Meanings of ascendancy in English
The state that exists when one person or group has power over another.
Usage of ascendancy in English
1
Global competition from emerging nations is threatening the ascendancy of American corporations.
2
If Bunnings rises into the ascendancy, it will have unrivalled market power.
3
Fear is the result of the body assuming ascendancy over the soul.
4
Few would have predicted their ascendancy into second place on the ladder.
5
Almost from the beginning he usurped an ascendancy over the little household.
6
They regrouped after conceding the early try and slowly gained the ascendancy.
7
General Beker, overcome by the ascendancy of his prisoner, set off immediately.
8
The Empire had been taken to mean racial ascendancy and trade profit.
9
But they improved and after half an hour, were in the ascendancy.
10
Zoraya soon acquired complete ascendancy over the mind of Muley Abul Hassan.
11
She stinted his education, in order to maintain her ascendancy over him.
12
Apple's ascendancy shows that closing off your ecosystem can translate into profits.
13
Sciver's half-century came from 58 balls as England moved into the ascendancy.
14
It was a spell in which the Dutch were in the ascendancy.
15
She therefore returned and exercised her old ascendancy over him once more.
16
It was in her family that Victoria's ascendancy reached its highest point.
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Translations for ascendancy
Portuguese
Ascendancy through the time
Ascendancy across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common