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these plants thrive with relatively little sunlight
going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy
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Today, the castle is less the site of noble folly and more a thriving tourist destination.
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Caruana’s GAMs are not as good as AIs at handling certain types of messy data, such as images or sounds, on which some neural nets thrive.
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The best NBA teams in the last three years have played a thrilling style of basketball embraced by sophisticated front offices and thriving star players who have become more powerful than ever.
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Calipari challenged Diallo this week to thrive in all perimeter positions.
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And the current administration has the capacity to deliver the knockout punch to America’s once-thriving middle class.
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Francesco Allegretto Michael Joo is another conceptual artist who thrived in the experimental Berengo laboratory.
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LESSONS LEARNED Thissen said of the past speakers’ failure to thrive as gubernatorial candidates that the past is not always prologue.
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Despite thousands of Americans armed with weed wackers, herbicide, and lawnmowers, dandelion is thriving.
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Origin and Etymology of thrive
Middle English, from Old Norse thrīfask, probably reflexive of thrīfa to grasp
THRIVE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of thrive for English Language Learners
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: to grow or develop successfully : to flourish or succeed
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