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
Instead, rapprochement with Iran has been the modus operandi in recent years, with Gulf countries normalizing and easing tensions with the Islamic Republic under the calculation that regional stability would bring regional prosperity.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
As the Putin era brought a touch of prosperity for the average person, possibilities expanded, tour agencies proliferated, and millions of Russians began taking international travel for granted.
—Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 19 June 2025
The Friends Across Borders agenda asserts that international boundaries can be managed in ways that promote the health, happiness and prosperity of all people, including the indigenous sovereign nations whose lands and peoples have been bisected by the creation of modern borders.
—John Fanestil, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
An opportunity came, in the nineties, for Burnett to join in on the brief prosperity.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
As the Putin era brought a touch of prosperity for the average person, possibilities expanded, tour agencies proliferated, and millions of Russians began taking international travel for granted.
—Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 19 June 2025
The Friends Across Borders agenda asserts that international boundaries can be managed in ways that promote the health, happiness and prosperity of all people, including the indigenous sovereign nations whose lands and peoples have been bisected by the creation of modern borders.
—John Fanestil, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
An opportunity came, in the nineties, for Burnett to join in on the brief prosperity.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosperity
Noun
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The Pac-12 wasn’t a very good basketball league in the final years of its previous existence, realignment didn’t spark newfound success and, for that reason, the sport is worse off along the West Coast.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
28 June 2025
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During its nearly 25 years in operation, the rocket has experienced only a single launch failure, giving the vehicle a 98% success rate.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
28 June 2025
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Can the sport maneuver around a host of U.S. traffic — no top-tier American driver, an abundance of NASCAR competition and a European-race television schedule that’s more breakfast-time than primetime — to finally get out of the pack?—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
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The calculations of Big Bang nucleosynthesis, which correctly predict the abundances of hydrogen and helium in the Universe, put strict constraints on how much light-emitting matter there can be, and that number simply isn’t large enough to accommodate all these disparate results.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2025
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“Prosperity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosperity. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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