Examples of prosperous in a Sentence

The company had a prosperous year. He predicted a prosperous future.

Recent Examples on the Web Turkey had been a secular republic since the nineteen-twenties, but Erbakan, a professor of mechanical engineering, believed that by investing in industry and grooming technological talent the country could become a prosperous Islamic nation. — The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 Unionized workers are more prosperous than nonunion workers in comparable jobs. — Steven Greenhouse, The New Republic, 6 May 2022 Taiwan’s treatment in the international arena is just one example of China’s increasingly belligerent campaign against the free, prosperous island nation. — Karen Chu, National Review, 18 Feb. 2022 All this matters because Saudi Arabia remains a prosperous and stable nation in a notably poor and unstable region. — Ian Palmer, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021 As a modern, prosperous Muslim nation, Turkey was often touted to Middle Eastern autocracies as a role model and a better way. — Enes Kanter, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2021 Several years ago a group of women became trailblazers in the commercial fishing industry, believing their lives were set on a more prosperous course. — Melissa Mahtani, CNN, 29 Apr. 2022 It was founded in 2014 with the goal of creating a more prosperous Ukraine. — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022 As much as half the prewar population of 3.8 million has left, for the rest of Ukraine, more prosperous Russia or Europe. — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022 See More

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