Anthea Butler

In the past, candidates' performances of 'Christianity' have been strong points for voters, but Trump's ascendancy with evangelicals has eviscerated that expectation. Evangelicals, like other voters, can be very pragmatic about the issues they want addressed by the leadership they support.

American Educator

David Lange

You have to talk about why things happened the way they did. You can't actually explain my political life except by a series of situations rather than by some carefully constructed, rigidly progressed ascendancy.

New Zealander Politician

John Stuart Mill

As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other.

English Philosopher

John Nelson Darby

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me.

English Clergyman

Taylor Hackford

This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time.

American Director

Lawrence Wright

I'm grateful for the ascendancy of women in business and politics, which may yet advance the humanity of those callings.

American Author

Bernhard von Bulow

But it is a law of life and development in history where two national civilizations meet they fight for ascendancy.

German Statesman

John Ridley

Oh, happy day when the enemies of ascendancy have got to confess that people of color rock.

James Anderson

A bully waits until they are in the ascendancy to pounce on people.

English Athlete

Kevin Kwan

The idea of Asian ascendancy has entered public culture.

Singaporean Novelist

Used to describe who is in control, often in political or organizational structures.

Power Dynamics

Mostly used in formal or analytical discussions about hierarchies and control.

Context Sensitive

Suggests a struggle before someone gains a controlling position.

Resistance and Conflict

Often used to describe a rise to success or prominence, not just physical height.

Metaphorical Rise

Ascendancy implies a process or journey, not an instant change.

Not Overnight

Can indicate an unexpected rise in position or status.

Surprising Success

 which has been the focus of so much attention, including by me, I think is an epiphenomenon. The financial crisis is really a relatively small historic phenomenon, which has just accelerated this huge shift, which ends half a millennium of Western ascendancy. I think that's its real importance.

Niall Ferguson: The 6...

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