How to Use in ascending order in a Sentence

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  • Play cards from your hand to the table in ascending order (one card on the first round, two cards in the second and so on).
    NBC News, 19 June 2020
  • The hearts are in ascending order, from smallest to largest.
    Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • This deck comes with cards numbered 1 to 100, and players have to play them in ascending order.
    Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The milk crate pyramids seen in most videos are stacked in ascending order -- one, then two, typically up to seven, then back down to one.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The prototypes are split into three classes in ascending order of horsepower and speed, with GTP at the top.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 5 Feb. 2023
  • This is where the competitive aspect comes in – any player may add to a foundation pile to create the suit in ascending order, not just the player who put the first ace down.
    Veronica Bravo, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Chimpanzees that have been trained to link numerosities to number symbols could also learn to touch the digits in ascending order.
    Jordana Cepelewicz, Wired, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The phases trigger one after the other in ascending order.
    Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 22 July 2022
  • To be clear, investment in the following rocks is a must, and they have been listed in ascending order of priority.
    Manoj Agarwal, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • Kris Bryant played more than 83 innings at five positions this season for the Cubs: center field, first base, left field, third base and right field, in ascending order of frequency.
    Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2021
  • Each person was acknowledged in ascending order, based on their years of service.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Lucy biopic Being the Ricardos, which are listed in ascending order of mystery.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Here’s how to unlock a door in seven different ways, in ascending order of destruction.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
  • For this purpose, imagine a million rooms numbered in ascending order.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2023
  • In keeping with annual tradition, read on for our list, in ascending order.
    Vogue, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Upon our arrival, waitstaff would present a variety of set menus in ascending order of cost per table to whoever had made the reservation.
    Esmé Weijun Wang, Bon Appétit, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Whoever draws the number 1 begins, and players continue in ascending order.
    USA Today, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Then, in 1869, the Renumbering Committee came up with a plan to renumber each block in ascending order, eliminate duplicate numbers and fractional numbers, and reserve an adequate store of numbers for empty lots.
    New York Times, 27 Jan. 2021

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