Definition of thriving
:characterized by success or prosperity
- a thriving business
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Examples of thriving in a Sentence
our new landscaping business is thriving
the once thriving downtown has fallen into steep decline since the new mall was built
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Lost in the fire that destroyed The Daily Record were the lives of black citizens and the spirit of a thriving black community, and also the most promising effort in the South to build racial solidarity.
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Even now, with a thriving modest fashion industry, the idea of what a Muslim woman looks like often excludes intersectional identities.
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Harooni and Snap Light are now suing Kimisaprincess, Inc. (which is one of her very real and thriving businesses) for a cool $100 million, as reported by TMZ.
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The club is also, according to the Washington Post, not exactly thriving now that its owner is the most powerful golfer in the world.
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Downtown is thriving and some nearby neighborhoods are filling up.
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Downtown is thriving and some nearby neighborhoods are filling up.
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Downtown is thriving and some nearby neighborhoods are filling up.
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Downtown is thriving and some nearby neighborhoods are filling up.
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First Known Use of thriving
1604
thriving Synonyms
Synonyms
flourishing, going, palmy, prosperous, successful, triumphantAntonyms
failed, unsuccessfulRelated Words
coming, promising; booming, growing, roaring, robust; boffo, gangbusters (also gangbuster), runaway, sockoNear Antonyms
futureless, hopeless, inauspicious, no-good, unpromising; collapsing, failing, flopping, flunking, folding, washing-out; declining, slipping, slumping, waning; bankrupt, kaput (also kaputt), kerflooey; destroyed, ruined, wreckedLearn More about thriving
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