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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
Big Sugar thrives, as usual The Fanjul sugar interests, though, stand to thrive.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
The plants thrive under cool temperatures and stop growing when temperatures reach 85°F.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
Inclusive policies do not undermine Title IX protections, and girls’ sports have thrived in states that adopted such policies.
—Gavin Yamey, Time, 20 June 2025
Many are drought-tolerant, thrive in a variety of soil conditions, and are all-around low-maintenance plants.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
The plants thrive under cool temperatures and stop growing when temperatures reach 85°F.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
Inclusive policies do not undermine Title IX protections, and girls’ sports have thrived in states that adopted such policies.
—Gavin Yamey, Time, 20 June 2025
Many are drought-tolerant, thrive in a variety of soil conditions, and are all-around low-maintenance plants.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrive
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By the end of that 1999-2000 season, O’Neal established himself as the league’s MVP, and Bryant began flourishing into an All-NBA mainstay as the Lakers won their first championship since 1988.—
James Jackson,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Companies that understand this inflection point will either become architects of human flourishing or unwitting accomplices to digital dystopia.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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But in recent decades, new political elites and business groups have succeeded in pushing a pro-growth agenda.—
Yuen Foong Khong,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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In one instance, the group succeeded in compromising upwards of 200,000 employee email accounts, according to the Justice Department.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune,
24 June 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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An antenna of the satellite internet provider Starlink can be seen on the train at the central station on which EU Commission President von der Leyen arrived from Poland, 20 Sept. 2024, Ukraine, Kiev.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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The notifications buzzing in her back pocket were becoming more frantic, arriving every few minutes now.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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“Thrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrive. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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