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Pop music has always been a prescient form – the Beatles signalled the coming of Harold Wilson's Labour government, punk the rise of Thatcherism, and Britpop soundtracked the birth of New Labour – so it seems appropriate that the rise of posh in pop culture should chime with the ascendancy of the current Tory leadership.
For what has become obvious during the long years of Eurosceptic ascendancy is that too much that is positive about the EU has been left unsaid, which is now surfacing.
The ascendancy of Sinn Féin and the DUP is likely to make agreement on restarting the peace process and re-establishing the power-sharing executive and Stormont assembly harder than ever.
The unauthorised flourishing of the Irish Republic's national flag above the building that once symbolised unionist ascendancy comes amid a developing political crisis over welfare cuts.
Then came 1966, the high tide of Wilson's political ascendancy , a 98-seat Labour majority in place of the four-seat majority which had determined the 1964 result.
A number of key elements lie behind the SNP's remarkable ascendancy since 2007, including the strategy of political triangulation (the art of stealing your opponent's ideas), the decline of the Scottish Labour party and, above all, Alex Salmond's masterful construction of an overarching story of modern Scotland.
Though he remained sentimentally attached to Ireland, Longford broke every tradition of his Anglo-Irish ascendancy family.
Latin American restaurants were in the ascendancy too with nine in the list this year – four more than in 2014.
Osborne, who freely admits that he has little personal feel for Scotland because the baronetcy he will one day inherit originates from the Anglo-Irish ascendancy , felt reasonably relaxed.
Robson-Kanu's exit on 52 minutes due to a knock appeared to restrict Reading's ascendancy the way Bellamy's departure had for the visitors, as this opening march on the road to the final at Wembley hobbled along for a while longer.
A prominent local AKP politician for the duration of the party's ascendancy , he resigned 20 days ago and joined the HDP, taking with him around 4,000 votes now denied to Erdogan and gifted to his most feared rival.
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The word "ascendancy" functions primarily as a noun , denoting the state of being in a position of power or influence. Ludwig AI confirms its correct usage in various contexts, signaling a state of dominance or control, as seen in examples like "the rise of posh in pop culture should chime with the "ascendancy " of the current Tory leadership."
Expression frequency: Very common
