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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
Competitive chess — human chess — is thriving.
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David Scarpa, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
Now, 18 years later, Abby is thriving.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Meanwhile, Varland is thriving in his new home in Toronto.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 1 May 2026
It’s been happening for 60 years and local theater remains alive and thriving at the Ridgefield Theater Barn.
—Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
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David Scarpa, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
Now, 18 years later, Abby is thriving.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Meanwhile, Varland is thriving in his new home in Toronto.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 1 May 2026
It’s been happening for 60 years and local theater remains alive and thriving at the Ridgefield Theater Barn.
—Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrive
Verb
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This arid hellworld doesn’t seem like a place where creativity would flourish, but the music buzzes with it.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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Chicagoans first fell in love with the Italian comfort food in small late-night eateries that flourished thanks to the long hours, outgoing personalities and deft dough-throwing hands of their mom-and-pop owners.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Chesney echoed the sentiment, saying building on the intensity and development from the spring, rather than starting again during the summer, will be key to the Bruins succeeding during the season.—
Sean Campbell,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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This relativist turn in anthropology gained ground in succeeding decades, as the discipline became ever more attentive to the specificity of cultures, and increasingly wary of universal claims about the human condition.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Decades later, Playbill began covering theater with feature stories about Broadway shows as the White Way prospered.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
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All of which now makes for a sad twist, particularly considering how both franchises prospered by the association along the way.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
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Wanner’s 11-month-old baby was buckled into a high chair and crying, without her mom, when a relative arrived to the home that day.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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After arriving in the Air Force’s care in May 2025, the plane was taken apart to ensure there were no listening or tracking devices hidden inside, a major concern of critics who objected to the gifted aircraft on security grounds.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
2 May 2026
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