thrive on
phrasal verb
thrived on or throve on; thrived on also thriven on; thriving on; thrives on
: to do well in a particular kind of situation
She thrives on attention.
He actually thrives on stress.
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Payton’s offenses thrive on chaos.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Key Warning Signs Parents Should Watch For AI addiction in teens isn’t marked by obsessing over technology or even always needing a phone nearby, but rather when AI usage interferes with an individual's ability to function and thrive on a daily basis, according to experts.
—Liz Regalia, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025
Any kind of hard material attracts fauna in water, says Andrey Vedenin, a marine biologist at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Germany, who was not involved in the Mallows Bay study but co-authored a separate new paper that detailed wildlife thriving on war detritus in the Baltic Sea.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2025
But Tuesday night in Ohio, a powerful pitcher who thrives on emotion stood at his locker after the game, terse and lacking the words to describe what had just happened.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Key Warning Signs Parents Should Watch For AI addiction in teens isn’t marked by obsessing over technology or even always needing a phone nearby, but rather when AI usage interferes with an individual's ability to function and thrive on a daily basis, according to experts.
—Liz Regalia, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025
Any kind of hard material attracts fauna in water, says Andrey Vedenin, a marine biologist at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Germany, who was not involved in the Mallows Bay study but co-authored a separate new paper that detailed wildlife thriving on war detritus in the Baltic Sea.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2025
But Tuesday night in Ohio, a powerful pitcher who thrives on emotion stood at his locker after the game, terse and lacking the words to describe what had just happened.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Thrive on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrive%20on. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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