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How to pronounce “ascendancy”

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Pronunciation guide for ascendancy

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of ascendancy with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Power of Unconventional ThinkingStalin was on the ascendancy in the Soviet Union
Definition summary: The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.

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The Power of Unconventional Thinking

Stalin was on the ascendancy in the Soviet Union

[Noun]
The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
(historical, Ireland, sometimes capitalized) Ellipsis of Protestant Ascendancy, a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century.
(ecology) A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size. [from 1986]

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