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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
Many prosperous towns block the building of new single-family homes, often at the behest of current homeowners who don't want to deal with construction or who want to restrict supply and boost their home's value.
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Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
City officials say the proposal would bring a much wider variety of housing to Clairemont, allowing people of all incomes to live in one of the city’s most appealing and prosperous neighborhoods.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Despite his prosperous posturing, Jake is scrambling just to pay the Rabbit’s vendors, let alone scrape together the funds to pursue a new opportunity at the Four Seasons’ iconic Pool Room.
—Judy Berman, Time, 7 Sep. 2025
So, after a prosperous run across multiple decades, CBS’ friendship ended with the SEC last year.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
City officials say the proposal would bring a much wider variety of housing to Clairemont, allowing people of all incomes to live in one of the city’s most appealing and prosperous neighborhoods.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Despite his prosperous posturing, Jake is scrambling just to pay the Rabbit’s vendors, let alone scrape together the funds to pursue a new opportunity at the Four Seasons’ iconic Pool Room.
—Judy Berman, Time, 7 Sep. 2025
So, after a prosperous run across multiple decades, CBS’ friendship ended with the SEC last year.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosperous
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The habitat corridors needed to support thriving populations of jaguars and dolphins and productive fisheries are threatened by both deforestation and construction of hydropower dams.—
Jeff Opperman,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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As the final season begins, Jamie and Claire apparently find war has followed them home to Fraser’s Ridge, by now a thriving settlement that grew in their absence.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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Bochy, meanwhile, continues his run as one of the most successful managers in MLB history.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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These movies were slow burn hits that people had to talk about and see, and those movies stayed successful in theaters for weeks on end.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
18 Sep. 2025
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The fossil was embedded inside rocks that date to between 115 million and 108 million years ago, in the Early Cretaceous period, when the area was covered by a lush river valley.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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Polyanthus primrose produces velvety blooms in rich blue, purple, burgundy, and golden hues above lush green foliage.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2025
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Crimson clover can become weedy in landscape beds, restrict use to production gardens, orchards, and other large acreage.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2025
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For years, nearby residents came to this isolated corner of the lakefront to take walks and find comfort in the solitude and often unkept beach and weedy woodland behind it.—
Michael McColly,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025
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For perspective, the net worth of the seven wealthiest people in the world--all AI luminaries including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang--exceeds $2 trillion, close to the GDP of Canada.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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In a recent interview with The School of Hard Knocks, a popular social-media channel known for interviewing wealthy entrepreneurs, Repole shared his contrarian view on entrepreneurship, emphasizing the brutal realities that most success stories gloss over.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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This rampant, unauthorized AI use degrades the educational experience of individual students who overly rely on the technology and those who wish to avoid using it.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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Speculation remains rampant that those three ACC schools will leave that league before the end of this decade for the SEC or Big Ten.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Sep. 2025
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Lauren chose a golden, super-cinched Schiaparelli gown, while Jeff wore a classic tuxedo.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2025
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The camera then pans to show the house opposite—where another golden is sitting in the exact same spot in its own yard, staring right back at Copper, but neither crossing the threshold on to the street.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Beyond it is a three-hectare haven of silvery olive trees, luxuriant Washingtonia palms, and lawns where peacocks wander freely.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, a beard provided a simpler solution: a luxuriant facial covering requiring only the occasional scissor trim—no barber necessary.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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“Prosperous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosperous. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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