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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
That leaves us with Coleman, the Dolphins’ second of three fifth-round picks, a slot weapon who has thrived at all four of his college stops.
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
The more drastic option of expanding the tournament to 96 teams or beyond would involve adding an extra week to a tournament that has thrived in part because of the symmetry of a six-round bracket that gets whittled down over three weeks.
—Eddie Pells, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
The land is privately owned, but huge swaths are managed to provide habitat for rare and endangered species that once thrived in the West.
—Drew Kann, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
The Australian policy of refusing to allow boat arrivals to settle has largely ended people smuggling from Southeast Asian ports in rickety fishing boats that had once thrived.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
The Miami Grand Prix organizers, who thrived despite the threat of rain and, anecdotally, lower attendance, could say the same thing.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Jake Walman, a puck-moving top-four defenseman who’d thrived after San Jose acquired him from Detroit in a contract dump, cost a conditional first-rounder.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 1 May 2026
The blend of horror and comedy — two genres driven by tension that culminates in a cathartic payoff — has thrived in recent years at the box office, championed by auteurs like Jordan Peele and Zach Cregger.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
After Ole Miss’s starting quarterback suffered an ankle injury in week two, Chambliss took the reins and thrived.
—Bomani Jones, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
The more drastic option of expanding the tournament to 96 teams or beyond would involve adding an extra week to a tournament that has thrived in part because of the symmetry of a six-round bracket that gets whittled down over three weeks.
—Eddie Pells, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
The land is privately owned, but huge swaths are managed to provide habitat for rare and endangered species that once thrived in the West.
—Drew Kann, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
The Australian policy of refusing to allow boat arrivals to settle has largely ended people smuggling from Southeast Asian ports in rickety fishing boats that had once thrived.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
The Miami Grand Prix organizers, who thrived despite the threat of rain and, anecdotally, lower attendance, could say the same thing.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Jake Walman, a puck-moving top-four defenseman who’d thrived after San Jose acquired him from Detroit in a contract dump, cost a conditional first-rounder.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 1 May 2026
The blend of horror and comedy — two genres driven by tension that culminates in a cathartic payoff — has thrived in recent years at the box office, championed by auteurs like Jordan Peele and Zach Cregger.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
After Ole Miss’s starting quarterback suffered an ankle injury in week two, Chambliss took the reins and thrived.
—Bomani Jones, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrived
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But times have changed, and over the last decade, the boys’ and girls’ programs have flourished.—
Stan Awtrey,
AJC.com,
10 May 2026
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But as other reality-TV subgenres similarly flourished over the two-plus decades since, the Emmys responded by micro-classifying the shows and pushing most of them to the Creative Arts ceremony.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 May 2026
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The high-profile dispute presents an early challenge for Disney Chief Executive Josh D’Amaro, who succeeded longtime chief Bob Iger in March.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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He was succeeded by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, who is considered more of an ideological extremist than his father.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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During the early 1900s, when copper, gold, zinc and silver production was booming, Bisbee prospered.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
13 May 2026
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In turn, his legend prospered, and Mike the Tailor turned into a 50-year-old business.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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“Thrived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrived. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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