1
as in successful
having attained a desired end or state of good fortune
they knew her in her palmy days when she was living high
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as in thriving
marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically
a palmy suburb with lots of new homes and shopping malls
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Recent Examples of palmy
Our palmy years began way before Hollywood and the enormous hillside onetime real estate sign of that name.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Serve a crisp cookie with each serving, such as a butter cookie or palmier.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 22 Oct. 2024
The restaurant serves meat but is known for its palmy vegetables—roasted, smoked, fermented, braised; dished out with plenty of nuts, herbs, seeds, and cheeses.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
In palmier times, the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, appeared at a Russian cultural center in the capital of the Central African Republic, sitting with schoolchildren and promising them free laptops.
—Elian Peltier Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
Painters draw them against tropical, palmy backgrounds.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
In the century that followed, Carter’s house was turned into a museum with a green, palmy garden, thanks to water brought in from the Nile.
—Vivian Yee, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
Remember those palmy days when conservative conspiracy theorists outside elective politics spread the word that Democrats wanted to molest your children?
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 13 May 2022
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Serve a crisp cookie with each serving, such as a butter cookie or palmier.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 22 Oct. 2024
The restaurant serves meat but is known for its palmy vegetables—roasted, smoked, fermented, braised; dished out with plenty of nuts, herbs, seeds, and cheeses.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
In palmier times, the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, appeared at a Russian cultural center in the capital of the Central African Republic, sitting with schoolchildren and promising them free laptops.
—Elian Peltier Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
Painters draw them against tropical, palmy backgrounds.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
In the century that followed, Carter’s house was turned into a museum with a green, palmy garden, thanks to water brought in from the Nile.
—Vivian Yee, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
Remember those palmy days when conservative conspiracy theorists outside elective politics spread the word that Democrats wanted to molest your children?
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 13 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palmy
Adjective
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The strikes and comments suggest the kingdom hasn't been successful in its efforts to intensify diplomatic outreach to Iran.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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If competing proposals appear on a ballot and are successful, the one that receives the most votes nullifies the other.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Once home to thriving populations of the state's iconic staghorn and elkhorn corals, the ecosystem has been in steady decline for decades because of pollution, disease, invasive species, warming waters, and damage from boaters, divers and snorkelers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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Hiram Crombie has a thriving trading post set up that is bursting with tenants of the Ridge.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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City News Bureau existed because of the vitality of a growing and prosperous Chicago.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Calm sea and prosperous voyage—a dream for Goethe and Mendelssohn, for any parent, and perhaps for all men and women—was but a hearsay.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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There are smaller ocean islands, too, ringed by soft, golden shores and graced with sparkling lagoons and top-tier resorts.—
Melanie van Zyl,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
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Add 2 medium yellow onions, finely chopped, and 1 medium red bell pepper, ribs and seeds removed, finely chopped, and cook, stirring often with a heatproof rubber spatula or wooden spoon, until vegetables are very soft and deep golden and bottom of pot is starting to brown in spots, 10–15 minutes.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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Whitt was demanding lackadaisical players perform up-downs when Sumrall’s booming voice rang out.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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In decades past, China’s ascendent middle class flocked to booming megacities to chase jobs and dreams, once abundant as the country went from rags to riches.—
Albee Zhang,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Palmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palmy. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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