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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for prosper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosper
Verb
  • Southwestern ecosystems evolved to tolerate and even thrive amid low-intensity fires.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Fall and winter can be a bleak time for those of us who thrive in the sunshine—and even for those of us who don’t.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • After trade agreements flourished in the 1990s, many of those jobs moved abroad.
    Joel Williams, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wales Bonner will succeed Véronique Nichanian, who announced her departure Thursday.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Wearables succeeded not just by measuring physiology, but by creating feedback loops that made invisible processes visible and actionable.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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 22 Oct. 2025.

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