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Recent Examples of prosperous Despite his prosperous posturing, Jake is scrambling just to pay the Rabbit’s vendors, let alone scrape together the funds to pursue a new opportunity at the Four Seasons’ iconic Pool Room. Judy Berman, Time, 7 Sep. 2025 Every life saved strengthens the foundations for a more stable, secure, and prosperous global community. Trickleup, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 So, after a prosperous run across multiple decades, CBS’ friendship ended with the SEC last year. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025 The route passed through different areas whose different atmospheres came and went, prosperous stretches giving way to rougher ones and then becoming prosperous again, like a perpetual argument or a struggle for victory. Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prosperous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosperous
Adjective
  • The best and most enjoyable habit to maintain a healthy, thriving garden is a daily garden walk.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In a world being reshaped by Gen Z, a thriving workplace needs more than technological agility.
    Hanne Jesca Bax, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Nolan made a successful political comeback as then-President Barack Obama won a second term.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In Season 1, viewers met exotic dancer Kimmie, a victim of abuse and an underground human trafficking operation, as her life deeply intersects with the Bellaires — a wealthy, powerful family running a successful hair care business in Chicago.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Then come the florals—lush, romantic, full of whimsy—before the icons land with striking confidence, like the bold centerpiece of the board.
    Allure Editors, Allure, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Follow the guidelines recommended for your growing zone and type of grass to determine how and when to fertilize your lawn for lush grass growth.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For years, nearby residents came to this isolated corner of the lakefront to take walks and find comfort in the solitude and often unkept beach and weedy woodland behind it.
    Michael McColly, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Your neighbors probably won't be bothered by your weedy flower beds or rusty lawn furniture.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 July 2025
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  • For perspective, the net worth of the seven wealthiest people in the world--all AI luminaries including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang--exceeds $2 trillion, close to the GDP of Canada.
    Martine Paris, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In a recent interview with The School of Hard Knocks, a popular social-media channel known for interviewing wealthy entrepreneurs, Repole shared his contrarian view on entrepreneurship, emphasizing the brutal realities that most success stories gloss over.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This rampant, unauthorized AI use degrades the educational experience of individual students who overly rely on the technology and those who wish to avoid using it.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Speculation remains rampant that those three ACC schools will leave that league before the end of this decade for the SEC or Big Ten.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lauren chose a golden, super-cinched Schiaparelli gown, while Jeff wore a classic tuxedo.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The camera then pans to show the house opposite—where another golden is sitting in the exact same spot in its own yard, staring right back at Copper, but neither crossing the threshold on to the street.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Beyond it is a three-hectare haven of silvery olive trees, luxuriant Washingtonia palms, and lawns where peacocks wander freely.
    Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a beard provided a simpler solution: a luxuriant facial covering requiring only the occasional scissor trim—no barber necessary.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 July 2025

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“Prosperous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosperous. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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