How to Use "ascendancy" with Example Sentences

1. Those six killer apps were the key to western ascendancy .
2. But that ascendancy might be its own salvation , because with it comes responsibility .
3. With the republicans in the ascendancy , federal aid for states is likely to be cut .
4. And what are the chinese doing in their ascendancy to first power on earth that we did not do in ours ?
5. But several recent books have highlighted the extent of mr berlusconi 's ascendancy and asked questions about how he intends to exploit it .