| That view gained ascendancy and credibility when the atomic bomb brought on the final surrender of Japan. |
| Yet his ascendancy was not as smooth and unchallenged as might have been expected. |
| The two groups have jockeyed for position ever since, with Sistani's forces in the ascendancy recently. |
| The global ascendancy and supremacy of the West is crucial for understanding IR even today. |
| Roman classicism had inspired Palladian architecture which was favoured by the Whig ascendancy in Britain. |
| His critics say he should resign because he has lost the moral ascendancy to govern and to save the plummeting economy from collapse. |
