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as in flourished
to grow vigorously
these plants thrive with relatively little sunlight
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as in succeeded
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 thrived
Boca Raton has thrived for a century because its residents care deeply about where the city is headed.
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Michelle Grau, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
After Austin Reaves was ruled out with an injury, LaRavia was given a more prominent role and thrived.
—Stan Son, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
And while its social-welfare state was dismantled and degraded, its corporate welfare state survived and thrived, helping create the unequal metropolis Mamdani is called upon to govern.
—Daniel Wortel-London, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
For decades, the presiding bishop was a member of Opus Dei, a traditionalist movement, founded in Spain in 1928, that has thrived in Latin America.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Texas instead thrived behind the three-point play that happens when a player scores while being fouled and then makes the subsequent free throw.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 5 Jan. 2026
Since leaving New York, however, he's thrived in Minnesota and now Seattle.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 5 Jan. 2026
But the firm survived, and eventually thrived.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Nov. 2025
Something to keep in mind is that Luka Doncic thrived when playing alongside Gafford in Dallas, and his voice could potentially increase the Lakers' desire to finalize a deal.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Michelle Grau, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
After Austin Reaves was ruled out with an injury, LaRavia was given a more prominent role and thrived.
—Stan Son, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
And while its social-welfare state was dismantled and degraded, its corporate welfare state survived and thrived, helping create the unequal metropolis Mamdani is called upon to govern.
—Daniel Wortel-London, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
For decades, the presiding bishop was a member of Opus Dei, a traditionalist movement, founded in Spain in 1928, that has thrived in Latin America.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Texas instead thrived behind the three-point play that happens when a player scores while being fouled and then makes the subsequent free throw.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 5 Jan. 2026
Since leaving New York, however, he's thrived in Minnesota and now Seattle.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 5 Jan. 2026
But the firm survived, and eventually thrived.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Nov. 2025
Something to keep in mind is that Luka Doncic thrived when playing alongside Gafford in Dallas, and his voice could potentially increase the Lakers' desire to finalize a deal.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrived
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Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, a Democrat who said he was not told of the event, said Hegseth’s visit shows how the city has flourished despite such setbacks as the closure of Boeing’s C-17 Globemaster III transport plant.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Historically, the water’s purity was singular, giving life to a watershed that flourished because of a unique paucity of nutrients, a situation that hindered the pursuit of any single species that would dominate the rest.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Even if the House succeeded in impeaching a judge, the Senate would need to affirm that decision by a two-thirds majority vote.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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By season's end, Pine and his boss, Angela Burr (Colman), succeeded in bringing Roper down, with the finale suggesting Roper's violent end at the hands of his own buyers.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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And that’s a decidedly mixed blessing for a franchise that had prospered so much by it, only to be done in by it this season.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 Jan. 2026
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He's been masquerading as a businessman for decades as nothing he's involved in has prospered except by using other people's money to find loophole after loophole and grift after grift.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Thrived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrived. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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