ascending order
Americannoun
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Ten stocks survived this winnowing process, and they are listed in ascending order of their volatility.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
Was he ranking that in ascending order of importance?
From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2026
Officials with the same rank are sorted by how their names are written—starting with the number of strokes in their surname, in ascending order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
This year’s lottery draft will be held at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago and will feature NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum revealing when each team will pick in ascending order.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023
The horizontal rows, meanwhile, arrange the chemicals in ascending order by the number of protons in their nuclei–what is known as their atomic number.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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