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as in to succeed
to reach a desired level of accomplishment
going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy
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Recent Examples of thrive
Once the Stanley Cup playoffs began, though, the 37-year-old thrived.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
Cabbage and tomato seeds both need a lot of nutrients to thrive, so the competition makes one plant suffer—and that's usually the tomato.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
Foundational Strategies To Improve Productivity And Mental Health A company thrives when its people thrive.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Meanwhile, three top defenders picked shortly after him — including Quinn Hughes, Evan Bouchard and Noah Dobson — are all thriving as All-Star level players.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 21 June 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
Cabbage and tomato seeds both need a lot of nutrients to thrive, so the competition makes one plant suffer—and that's usually the tomato.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
Foundational Strategies To Improve Productivity And Mental Health A company thrives when its people thrive.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Meanwhile, three top defenders picked shortly after him — including Quinn Hughes, Evan Bouchard and Noah Dobson — are all thriving as All-Star level players.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrive
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While smart contracts flourished on networks like Ethereum and Solana that promoted these capabilities, bitcoin retained primarily a store of value function despite having the largest market capitalization and adoption of any cryptocurrency.—
Aaron Stanley,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Bieber’s consistent virality, combined with the beauty industry’s ongoing obsession with cherries and strawberries, created a ripe environment for the micro fruit nail trend to flourish…and keep on flourishing.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
30 June 2025
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During the month of May in the city of San Diego, only 128 out of 2,216 requests for shelter succeeded, largely because facilities are full.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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As of Saturday morning, the fire crew succeeded in containing 75% of this fire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
5 July 2025
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Seventy years later, Jews continue to prosper, and the jeers have only grown louder.—
Rachel Gordan,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2025
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The genre’s eighties pioneers never got near the pop charts, though a couple of bands with hardcore roots, the Beastie Boys and Rage Against the Machine, prospered far away from the scene.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
11 June 2025
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The suspects fled the area before the officers arrived.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2025
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Blue Origin shared a snippet of video last week on social media showing the mid-section of the MK1 lander arriving at the company's assembly facilities in Rocket Park, Florida.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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“Thrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrive. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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