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as in to flourish
to reach a desired level of accomplishment
began to prosper after years of crushing setbacks
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Recent Examples of prosper
The current collective bargaining agreement is set to expire after the 2025-26 season, and the two sides ratified a new four-year deal in June, more than a year ahead of the expiration, as both sides are prospering.
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Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand Hershey wasn’t the only company to prosper during World War II.
—Diana Hubbell, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025
The new partnership between farmers and advocates will let agriculture prosper while protecting one of Indiana's largest watersheds.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
Pharmaceutical companies prosper by improving our lives.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand Hershey wasn’t the only company to prosper during World War II.
—Diana Hubbell, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025
The new partnership between farmers and advocates will let agriculture prosper while protecting one of Indiana's largest watersheds.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
Pharmaceutical companies prosper by improving our lives.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosper
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In her 2013 book Braiding Sweetgrass, Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer explained that these crops thrive together because maize provides a trellis-like framework for nitrogen-fixing beans to grow on while the low-lying squash provides a productive ground cover crop.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Oct. 2025
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The impact is a culture where collaboration thrives, creativity is respected and results are built on mutual confidence.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
13 Oct. 2025
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Give them both consistently moist soil that's rich in nutrients and these two will flourish together, giving you a green harvest for autumn.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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After trade agreements flourished in the 1990s, many of those jobs moved abroad.—
Joel Williams,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Spotlight on development Suarez’s attacks on Dominguez — who was elected in 2022 to succeed her life partner, Mark Samuelian, after Samuelian’s death — have zeroed in on her support for controversial development projects.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, the twins’ matchmaking efforts succeed, and their parents fall in love again, bringing the family back together.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this week at the Victoria’s Secret after-party in New York, Jodie Turner-Smith arrived in a pair of relaxed, low-slung light wash jeans, a white vest and a black, white and red military jacket that looked nothing short of Napoleonic.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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There is also a dancing thread, taking the shape of the Quarona factory and circling the globe before arriving in New York, where a Loro Piana truck with raw fiber bales traverses the facade.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Prosper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosper. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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