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as in thriving
marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically
a prosperous business that will soon be expanding
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as in successful
having attained a desired end or state of good fortune
one of the most prosperous families in the community
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as in lush
growing thickly and vigorously
our neighbor has a real green thumb and a yard full of healthy, prosperous plants
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Recent Examples of prosperous
Yet tariffs have made Americans neither more secure nor more prosperous.
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Inu Manak, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
Because her aunts decide her mother is too poor to raise her children, Fanny, age ten, is delivered like a parcel to Mansfield Park where she is given a large prosperous family who treat her with varying levels of indifference and contempt.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
As explosions rock Jaffa and the family’s idyllic, prosperous way of life crumbles overnight, Sharif sends his wife, Munira (Maria Zreik), and their children to stay with relatives in the West Bank.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
On some level or another, we are all invested in the central bank’s ability to make its own decisions, a reality dating back more than a century through all of this country’s most prosperous years.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
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Inu Manak, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
Because her aunts decide her mother is too poor to raise her children, Fanny, age ten, is delivered like a parcel to Mansfield Park where she is given a large prosperous family who treat her with varying levels of indifference and contempt.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
As explosions rock Jaffa and the family’s idyllic, prosperous way of life crumbles overnight, Sharif sends his wife, Munira (Maria Zreik), and their children to stay with relatives in the West Bank.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
On some level or another, we are all invested in the central bank’s ability to make its own decisions, a reality dating back more than a century through all of this country’s most prosperous years.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosperous
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Stop and think about what this meant for Live Nation, a formerly thriving commercial entity that achieved commercial success via – yes – live shows the excitement and success of which was rooted in the big, packed crowds that would attend them.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Maryland is a thriving hub for advanced health care and research and development.—
Peter Shen,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2026
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The difference between successful entrepreneurs and everyone else?—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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For Pérez, the motivation lies not only in executing a successful, personal comeback but building the team into one that can represent the whole of the Americas.—
Aleks Klosok,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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For example, lush landscaping surrounding homes may be picturesque — but in some cases, such vegetation can provide fuel for a fire.—
David Gamboa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Designed by the celebrated firm Schultze and Weaver—hotel architects behind New York’s Waldorf Astoria and a collection of landmark Biltmore and luxury properties—the structure rises in Mediterranean Revival splendor, blending Spanish, Moorish, and Italian influences across 150 lush acres.—
Lisa A. Beach,
Southern Living,
23 Jan. 2026
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There is a biological difference between a weedy plant and an invasive plant.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
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The attraction is adding a space for weedy sea dragons, Pye said.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2026
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Its dual mission is to bridge the early-stage funding gap and guarantee global access, ensuring products aren’t confined to wealthy markets for decades but are introduced in low- and middle-income countries in parallel.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Critics have warned that such an imposition will spark capital flight as wealthy people decide to simply uproot, as Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have already started to do.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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This rises to 73% of those in tech roles, where layoffs have been most rampant.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Given rampant grade inflation, an internship can be the most important differentiator for recent graduate hiring.—
Brandon Busteed,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Cloaked in a perfect-from-the-jar marinara sauce and topped with thick slices of mozzarella cheese, crispy chicken cutlets turn golden and bubbly under the oven's broiler.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2026
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Its deep red leather upholstered booths work with the golden hues from the candle-and-lamp lights throughout.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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To watch his dank, brooding studies in social collapse, most of them filmed in long, loping black-and-white takes, is to embark on an oddly luxuriant descent into Purgatory.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
8 Jan. 2026
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Plenty of intimate questions and long, luxuriant answers followed.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Prosperous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosperous. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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