: characterized by success or prosperity
a thriving business
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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Triago, the firm founded by Frenchman Antoine Dréan that did a thriving trade in a close cousin, finding buyers for limited partners (LPs) that sought to sell their stakes in private equity pools.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
Within minutes of arriving in Paris in 1903 and settling with Leo near Montparnasse, Stein hurled herself into the center of the thriving avant-garde art world.
—Daphne Merkin, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
In Pompeii, still in shambles centuries after the volcanic destruction of Mount Vesuvius, Longo founded what would become the Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary, creating the foundations of what would become Pompeii’s rejuvenation as a thriving community.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
In addition to her professional ambitions, Mallory also had a thriving social life and was dating Anthony Cook.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
Within minutes of arriving in Paris in 1903 and settling with Leo near Montparnasse, Stein hurled herself into the center of the thriving avant-garde art world.
—Daphne Merkin, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
In Pompeii, still in shambles centuries after the volcanic destruction of Mount Vesuvius, Longo founded what would become the Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary, creating the foundations of what would become Pompeii’s rejuvenation as a thriving community.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
In addition to her professional ambitions, Mallory also had a thriving social life and was dating Anthony Cook.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for thriving
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“Thriving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thriving. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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