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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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Sundance thrives on exactly those kinds of feelings.
—Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Such variability is generally not good for commercial crops, which thrive on uniform and predictable nut production.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Firmly in control of the nation’s massive federal apparatus, MAGA and its Republican lickspittles in Congress have thrived on chaos.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Thrive on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrive%20on. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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