ascendancy

Financial diplomats put down the Bessent ascendancy and the critical 90 day pause in the so-called "reciprocal" tariffs to some farcical West Wing antics.

With alternative nation on the ascendancy — Nirvana’s classic “Nevermind” and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ smash “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” came out after the first festival — Lollapalooza 1992 was primed to explode.

They lacked any clinical edge during their own period of ascendancy too.

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On the other hand, Musk’s apparent ascendancy, and Bannon’s apparent eclipse, pose problems that far-right politics cannot easily solve.