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as in to flourish
to reach a desired level of accomplishment
began to prosper after years of crushing setbacks
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Recent Examples of prosper
The Trade War’s Impact On Individual Businesses Just as the national economic planners face major policy challenges as a result of the trade war, so also many individual firms face multiple direct and indirect disruptions and will require considerable adaptability to survive, let alone prosper.
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Steve Denning, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
At just a three-hour flight from Toronto, Bermuda is poised to prosper from the trend.
—Harriet Baskas, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2025
In Guatemala alone, USAID’s programs helped create more than 250,000 jobs, catalyze $350 million in direct investment and improve education — providing significant incentives for Guatemalans to live and prosper in their home country.
—John Beed, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
And, while Black Wall Street can attest to this, Miller discovered Black towns like Wilmington, North Carolina–that prospered greatly and were meccas.
—Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
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Steve Denning, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
At just a three-hour flight from Toronto, Bermuda is poised to prosper from the trend.
—Harriet Baskas, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2025
In Guatemala alone, USAID’s programs helped create more than 250,000 jobs, catalyze $350 million in direct investment and improve education — providing significant incentives for Guatemalans to live and prosper in their home country.
—John Beed, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
And, while Black Wall Street can attest to this, Miller discovered Black towns like Wilmington, North Carolina–that prospered greatly and were meccas.
—Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosper
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Baltimore County already has the foundation — the east side dominates in logistics, the central corridor boasts gaming, tech and financial services, the west side has thriving finance and IT sectors, and the southwest leads in health care, data science and biotech.—
Will Anderson,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025
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Brennan Johnson has thrived from pouncing on these opportunities and has scored 16 times in all competitions.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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After the Berlin Wall came down, both notions flourished.—
A. Wess Mitchell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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McIlroy’s parents, Gerry and Rosie, went to great lengths to ensure that McIlroy could fulfill his full potential as a golfer, as Heaven paid tribute to their dedication for providing him with an opportunity to flourish.—
Ben Morse and Patrick Snell,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2025
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The endeavor succeeded and eventually became known as Shift4.—
Wendy Whitman Cobb,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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But El Salvador’s crackdown on gang violence succeeded in large part because the country’s police had spent years carefully amassing legal evidence.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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The church as a refuge Since 2022, more than 200,000 asylum seekers arrived to New York City, some arriving by bus as Republican states sought to overwhelm the city’s sanctuary status.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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By The New York Times In the chaos, thousands of other gunmen arrived with a different agenda — targeting Alawites in a rampage of sectarian killings.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Prosper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosper. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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