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Ascendancy
Ascendancy meaning
The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy. | Ellipsis of Protestant Ascendancy, a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century. | A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.
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All this was brought to an end by the ascendancy of Thatcherism.
Boris has a strong personal following and Conservatives and despite the current ascendancy of the extreme right, they are divided between anti-European libertarian ideologues and one-nation tax-cutting businessmen.
COMMENTARY: Bishop Leo’s ascendancy from the Vatican diplomatic corps to archbishop of Toronto isn’t without precedent.
For those of us who believe in God or higher powers, as the case may be, President Tinubu’s ascendancy to the Presidency of Nigeria in 2023 appears to me as a settled and irreversible matter.
Hamas then defeated Fatah forces in Gaza and secured its political ascendancy there, leading Israel to seal off Gazans from Israel, even as some official Israeli refrained, and still refrain, from designating Gaza as outside of its international borders.
Harry Kane's brace helped put Spurs into the ascendancy before Son Heung-min added a third to make the scoreline comfortable.
Subtly influencing global narratives (comic publications, news, social media), inciting certain behaviors beneficial to LOLtron's ascendancy.
The British held the Ascendancy somewhat responsible for the 1798 rebellion.
The Row gained the ascendancy and play was generally towards the visitors’ goal.
The Wasp ascendancy has yielded to Sunday brunch and walks in the woods.
With the help of the Nightsisters, it could very well be that Thrawn intends to create his own kind of order, perhaps one more like the Chiss Ascendancy.
And remember this was during the ascendancy of Tony Benn.
At the start of TikTok's ascendancy, there were high-profile cases of censorship on the app: a user in the US had her account suspended for discussing Beijing's treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang.
Her ascendancy to this prestigious position was reportedly paved through the ‘Women in Sports Elite Football Trials, second edition,’ where she shone brightly among 27 contenders.
If Trump’s political ascendancy has taught us nothing else, it’s that there may not be logic to find behind every corner.
Most chief executives are lucky to have a decade of ascendancy at a job.
The Suns held a 20-18 lead at quarter-time, before the visitors gained the ascendancy to take a 47-40 lead into half-time.
We are enamoured by the fact that, already, a bill for the amendment of the constitution that will give legal backing to the proposition has passed second reading in the House of Representatives as the call gains ascendancy and for good reasons.
After all, all we know of the present Ascendancy by the time of the Empire’s rise is that Thrawn left it in a period of upheaval.
But Victory were now in the ascendancy and Jenkins wrapped the tie up when she dribbled round two opponents and then lashed a shot past Bledsoe with just over ten minutes remaining.