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ascendant
adjective as in ruling
Strongest match
noun as in ancestor
Weak match
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The ascendant media that looked down on him has been pretty much destroyed.
“Tex-Mex for decades was ascendant,” Arellano told the The Weekly Alibi in 2012.
Stressed as it may be, the Coalition of the Ascendant is not disappearing.
Just last year, it seemed as if Hamas—with the Brotherhood dominating Egyptian electoral politics—might be ascendant.
Gay marriage is ascendant, driven by a rapidly shifting public opinion.
Ultimately, finding the Emperor's cause in the ascendant, he cast aside hesitation and threw in his lot with him.
The High Church party were then in the ascendant, and Abbot, from various causes, declined from favour.
It was Jem Deady in the custody of his wife, who was now in the ascendant.
In 1784, the Foxite administration fell, and Pitt was in the ascendant.
He has written a large number of short sketches and more extended novels, and his talent is still in the ascendant.
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On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ascendant, such as: predominant, ascendent, dominant, superior, commanding, and controlling.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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