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ascends

  • present tense form
    of ascend (3rd person singular).
    ascend
    verb (used without object)
    to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise.

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After a top-flight career as a session musician, Preston’s star ascends ever higher after his January 1969 collaboration with The Beatles.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

This is why the Ferrari Purosangue—with a free-breathing V12 engine—loses power as it ascends in altitude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Only days remain until Zohran Mamdani ascends the throne of New York City, and nearly all his great opponents have given up.

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025

When magma ascends from deep within Earth, it can make the ground shake.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025

The plane ascends, and the world I’ve known fades.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon