Her work for iD, Italian Vogue, and W Magazine reveals a talent in ascendance within the sphere of fashion photography.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: December 3, 2006 - December 9, 2006 Archives] Reference

Olivia Munn's ascendance is no accident.    From Wordnik.com.  [This spring, it's the attack of G4 host Olivia Munn on TV, in film] Reference

Since then conservative ideals have been in ascendance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democrats: The Anti-Wall Street Party?] Reference

Best, therefore, to manage their ascendance intelligently.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fixing Uncle Sam’s Image Problem] Reference

Woe unto them the ascendance of the Neanderthal from the North.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beth Broderick: The Grand Old Old Old Old Party] Reference

This could be a reference to Elvis's decline and Dylan's ascendance.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Pie - Program Notes] Reference

Five years ago, the economic ascendance seemed as if it would never end.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Age Of Hubris Ends] Reference

SANCHEZ: Are they responsible for her ascendance, then, in any way, or.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2008] Reference

And what this could mean is the ascendance of the Islamist faction in Pakistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2007] Reference

Simultaneously, the region itself has been riding a wave of cultural ascendance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Puglia's Fiery Pizzica] Reference

Prior to this, the Drigung Kagyu leaders had been in political ascendance in Tibet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in Afghanistan] Reference

Wellstone's cage-rattling debut is the second act in a remarkable political ascendance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crashing The Capitol Club] Reference

It was a symbol of his acquiescence to the new economy and the ascendance of the Internet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charles Schwab Shells Out for U.S. Trust] Reference

They are surely and rightfully anxious about the ascendance of the young man from Illinois.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beth Broderick: Oh No He Didn't!] Reference

And then the opportunity, with the ascendance of Bill Frist as the Senate majority leader.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2002] Reference

But the ascendance of the word expresses our topsy-turvy, mish-mash moment like nothing else.    From Wordnik.com.  [@#%*! It's a Four-Letter Summer] Reference

The more obvious Barack Obama's ascendance, the more intricately they planned their insurgency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Ames: The Clintons, Bringing Anxiety To American Politics For Twenty Years] Reference

Peruvians older than 25 grimly recall the dark days of the Shining Path's ascendance in the late 1980s.    From Wordnik.com.  [TURNING THE CLOCK BACK TO CHAOS?] Reference

The ascendance of Ken Salazar at Interior was supposed to change the oily nature of politics at Interior.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nikolas Kozloff: Anatomy of an Oil Disaster: Heckuva Job, Kenny!] Reference

Ms. Maddow's ascendance is a flicker of hope for an industry that grows in despair with each passing day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steve Miller: Amid New Media Landscape, Rachel Maddow Manages to Succeed in Old School Medium] Reference

The repercussions of Miller's unlikely ascendance go far beyond the corporate intrigue surrounding Gazprom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Putin's Gas-Patch Putsch] Reference

"If the ascendance of YouTube isn't Giuliani's nightmare I don't know what is," says MyDD's Jonathan Singer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Digest: 8/16/07] Reference

Their ascendance represents a historic shift in influence, crossing the river's cultural and economic divide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fenty, Gray pledge a smooth D.C. mayoral transition] Reference

Whether those who share their views will gain ascendance in the Clinton administration is still an open question.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Trade Hawks: Circling In On Clinton] Reference

The press anoints Obama in Iowa, then gets caught smirking by the re-ascendance of Queen Hillary in New Hampshire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charles H. Green: What New Hampshire Voters Really Said] Reference

If you don't like Arnold as governor, vote against Bustamante, one of the people most responsible for his ascendance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dave Fratello: California: Brown, Bowen, Poizner and the Rest] Reference

Even given the talkshow population explosion, the ascendance of the former "Simpsons" writer has been truly surprising.    From Wordnik.com.  [Late Night: At Long Last, Here's Conan] Reference

But in a June speech marking the 11th anniversary of his ascendance to the throne, Abdullah addressed people's concerns.    From Wordnik.com.  [New restrictions provoke unusually strong wave of criticism among Jordanians] Reference

President-elect Obama's historic ascendance to the White House has the potential to be a new dawn of American leadership.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stephen Shames: A Marshall Plan for Education to Restore America's Prestige in the World] Reference

How could it be that his ascendance to the presidency should be the occasion for the new patriotic spirit sweeping America?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Creamer: A Surprise for the Right: Obama's Election Has Caused a Patriotic Spirit to Sweep America] Reference

He has two young daughters and they have discussed what has really taken him and many in politics by surprise -- his ascendance.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2007] Reference

Unipolar World: The collapse of the Cold War two bloc world system and the ascendance of the U. S as the only surviving superpower.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strategy and Tactics of the ANC] Reference

The behavioral economists who are in the ascendance will tell you that the irrational behavior on display came as no surprise to them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bankers vs. Economists] Reference

Graphic designers are in the ascendance, as anyone can see by comparing this magazine with a copy of Newsweek from, say, 35 years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Font A Day Keeps My Muse Away] Reference