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
Key to promoting prosperity in communities, however, is hearing from the people on the ground and closest to the problem.
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Xanthe Scharff, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
To embrace nativism in a global, connected economic world is to sacrifice prosperity for the sake of exclusion, just as the main effect of racial segregation in the American South was to leave the region impoverished and underdeveloped.
—Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
There is an element of faith needed to power their belief that taking flyers on early-stage companies can lead to billions—the Silicon Valley version of prosperity gospel.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Resilience is Wayans’s central theme on the path to mental, physical and emotional prosperity.
—Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
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Xanthe Scharff, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
To embrace nativism in a global, connected economic world is to sacrifice prosperity for the sake of exclusion, just as the main effect of racial segregation in the American South was to leave the region impoverished and underdeveloped.
—Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
There is an element of faith needed to power their belief that taking flyers on early-stage companies can lead to billions—the Silicon Valley version of prosperity gospel.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Resilience is Wayans’s central theme on the path to mental, physical and emotional prosperity.
—Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosperity
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As the New York Knicks gear up for what could be a title-contending season in 2025-26, the head coach that led them to their most success this century was spotted several time zones away.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Lilith’s success spawned a backlash, which was inevitable, and the whiteness of its 1997 lineup led to valid criticism of its lack of inclusivity.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
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Authorities determined the package was not explosive but detonated it out of an abundance of caution, a USU spokesperson told Newsweek in an email Tuesday evening.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Only with today’s machines and technology do scientists stand a chance of keeping up with life’s abundance.—
Marion Renault,
The Atlantic,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Prosperity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosperity. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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