Noun : With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position. From Dictionary.com.
There's nothing ascendent about that experience for me. From Wordnik.com. [Flower's Lawful, Logical Wind] Reference
There were lots of single ascendent males with more credits. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
They are ascendent right now because they are getting squeezed. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Bloggers think Repubs should associate with Tea Party. Disagree on whether independent run would help Crist] Reference
The ascendent was taken by a medvan with a Safety Office profile. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
Unilateralism is back in the saddle; neoconservatism is ascendent. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Schlesinger: Bush to Country: Bring Back Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon] Reference
The fuss on religious bona fides is clearly ascendent after their era. From Wordnik.com. ["I mean no disrespect."] Reference
Everything about your sign-ascendent don't ask, I have no idea what it is. From Wordnik.com. [Joy v Glamour: Russian Beyonce Face-off] Reference
As an ascendent former colonel, you could name your ticket in multi security. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
When corporate money was ascendent in the Democratic coalition, we got Clinton. From Wordnik.com. [Horses Mouth May 1, 2007 12:33 PM] Reference
There's no one to vote for so no wonder the BNP are on the ascendent. mostly harmless. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Carlisimo was running as a PD against an ascendent advocate — Edmund "Ed" Clerihew. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
If anything, SF/F is on a hugely ascendent trajectory in popular awareness these days. From Wordnik.com. [International Science Fiction Reshelving Day -- Good Idea or Bad Idea?] Reference
Ohio, where former GOP Rep. John Kasich is trying to fend off an ascendent Democratic Gov. From Wordnik.com. [Statewide Races Could Tip House Contests] Reference
You wouldn't be telling me that if you didn't calculate that I'm the troublesome ascendent. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
That still left the place a fair-sized city, with a handful of truly ascendent-level hotels. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
Progressive vision ascendent, DLC struggles by GeoRip on Wednesday, Nov 15, 2006 at 2: 44: 19 PM. From Wordnik.com. [For the Love of God, Please Stop. It's Embarrassing. Like, Really Embarrassing] Reference
SNOW: As we speak now, would you describe al Qaeda as still in the ascendent, or in the descendent?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2003] Reference
Those are the economic superpowers on the ascendent, so alienating them sounds like a really great idea. From Wordnik.com. [Some Observations on the Georgia Conflict « Skid Roche] Reference
People deplored muggings and beatings, but who would care if an ascendent consultant got mangled or killed?. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
On a very dark night for Dems, this is a glimmer of light -- a very clear rebuke to the ascendent Tea Party right. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Reid wins!] Reference
Interesting that Brown had Jacqui Smith sitting to his right, one of the few ministers with a star in the ascendent. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
Rhinanthus, Corolla infundibulif.subbilabiat. lobis 2, superioribus minoribus, stam.ascendent. stigmati inclusi decurvo. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Recent events have not shown us that east-coast Republicanism is not ascendent against those nasty populist southerners. From Wordnik.com. [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference
The ascendent and sole remaining politically credible/viable wing of the Democratic Party is its core bloc, the liberals. From Wordnik.com. [Rothenberg: Dems Likely To Hold House Majority In 2008] Reference
Falguna because I was born on the breast of the Himavat on a day when the constellation Uttara Falguna was on the ascendent. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
We are heading towards Samhain when the crone goddess is in the ascendent, a time of fear for some and indeed used to be for me. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
Outside of his official duties his passion for work again gained the ascendent. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians] Reference
Anybody tell the effects of Jupiter and Mercury parivarthana for Gemini ascendent?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Hence his oft varying moods, as the one or the other part of him became ascendent. From Wordnik.com. [The Crown of Life] Reference
But the people were for the moment in the ascendent, and Bacon should not be sacrificed. From Wordnik.com. [Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings] Reference
At one time his star was in the ascendent, and he seemed to be on the highroad to the Presidency. From Wordnik.com. [Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective] Reference
RFID reader in SD card format is in the ascendent because it opens a lot of application possibilities for. From Wordnik.com. [msmobiles.com - Windows Mobile news] Reference
This principle worked well so long as the faith was in the ascendent but its effect was disastrous when decline began. From Wordnik.com. [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2] Reference
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