as in success
the state of being successful usually by making a lot of money
This was a period of prosperity for our nation. economic prosperity
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Recent Examples of prosperity
Before The Beatles and before football came the docks, once the beating heart of Liverpool and the catalyst for the city’s initial growth and prosperity.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of people aimed to reach Germany, a bastion of economic stability and prosperity.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
At a time when manufacturing has migrated south and overseas from the Midwest, how has a sleepy village outside of Peoria, Illinois, maintained its prosperity?
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 5 Sep. 2025
Expect the insult comic routine to continue until Newsom decides Democratic primary voters want their leaders to actually promote prosperity, entrepreneurship and economic growth.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of people aimed to reach Germany, a bastion of economic stability and prosperity.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
At a time when manufacturing has migrated south and overseas from the Midwest, how has a sleepy village outside of Peoria, Illinois, maintained its prosperity?
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 5 Sep. 2025
Expect the insult comic routine to continue until Newsom decides Democratic primary voters want their leaders to actually promote prosperity, entrepreneurship and economic growth.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosperity
Noun
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Bateman's character, Vince Friedken, battles a gambling addiction in a trailer for the crime thriller, as Law's Jake Friedken celebrates the growing success of his buzzy establishment.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Georgia firebrand, who has been insistent that the United States stay out of affairs abroad, has attempted similar amendments to both the NDAA and appropriations bills in past years and recently, with no success.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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An optimal management portfolio integrates systems thinking for ecosystemic coherence, exponential thinking for strategic foresight, abundance thinking for post-scarcity paradigms and design thinking for human-centric innovation.—
Ingrid Vasiliu Feltes,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Still, while there's not an abundance of precedents, Bespoke Investment Group reminds us that in the past when the Fed has cut rates after a long pause with equity indexes near a record, the forward-looking stock returns have been better-than-average.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Prosperity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosperity. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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