However, there is somewhat of an irony in Caleb Clarke's rapid ascension.

As Valya watched the gray smoke dissipate, she thought of her own rapid ascension here.

The appointment is a rapid ascension for Holliday, and is intended to solidify Bank of America's management team after a year of turmoil.

But, then, if I want to get a rapid ascension, so as to escape these savages, I must employ means more energetic than the cylinder.