as in to climb
to move or extend upward
the path ascended so steeply at one point that we had to scramble up on our hands and knees
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Recent Examples of ascend
Charles then ascended the throne after the queen’s passing.
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Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
At least one of the allegations was formally reported to legislative leaders, but was kept secret from the public even as Taylor ascended to the chamber’s top Democratic post in 2020.
—Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2025
The Knicks made the playoffs in his second season — Thibodeau’s first — and continued to ascend with the subsequent arrivals of Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and others.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
Biden ends 5 decades in public life Joe Biden ascended to the highest office in America with a pledge to unite the country, strengthen his party and defend democracy.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
At least one of the allegations was formally reported to legislative leaders, but was kept secret from the public even as Taylor ascended to the chamber’s top Democratic post in 2020.
—Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2025
The Knicks made the playoffs in his second season — Thibodeau’s first — and continued to ascend with the subsequent arrivals of Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and others.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
Biden ends 5 decades in public life Joe Biden ascended to the highest office in America with a pledge to unite the country, strengthen his party and defend democracy.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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And then the next Ravens team will have to try and climb the mountain all over again and rewrite a different ending.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index added almost 1%, while Korea’s Kospi index ticked down around 0.1% as the country’s wholesale inflation rate for December climbed 1.7% on an annual basis.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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The resort is also known for golf; its 18th hole is one of Wisconsin’s finest: the tee lies atop the Niagara Escarpment, a wall of rock that rises out of the water like a skyscraper.—
Jacqueline Kehoe,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Jan. 2025
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Significantly, solar power rose 21.7% to generate more than 11% of the EU’s electricity, while a fall in coal generation led to the most polluting fossil fuel producing just 9.8% of the total.—
David Vetter,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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During the pandemic, the soaring cost of essentials like food, fuel and rent only deepened the country's widespread precarity — a gnawing sense of financial insecurity that has left tens of millions of Americans vulnerable to job losses, medical problems and even modest economic dips.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Many say falling birth rates are due to the soaring cost of living, as well as the growing number of women going into the workforce and seeking higher education.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune Asia,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Ascend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascend. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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