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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
Our constitutional order has bequeathed us the freest and most prosperous society mankind has ever known.
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Christian Schneider, National Review, 24 Oct. 2024
In Arkansas, those who reached that planter designation could become very prosperous.
—Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Though not Singapore, Canada’s economy is largely free and sufficiently prosperous such that the desperation to exit Canada isn’t so great.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Born in 1914, Randle was just a young girl when an angry mob of white residents destroyed Greenwood, the prosperous Black neighborhood known as Black Wall Street in 1921, killing hundreds of people and reducing 35 square blocks of thriving businesses to ashes.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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Christian Schneider, National Review, 24 Oct. 2024
In Arkansas, those who reached that planter designation could become very prosperous.
—Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Though not Singapore, Canada’s economy is largely free and sufficiently prosperous such that the desperation to exit Canada isn’t so great.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Born in 1914, Randle was just a young girl when an angry mob of white residents destroyed Greenwood, the prosperous Black neighborhood known as Black Wall Street in 1921, killing hundreds of people and reducing 35 square blocks of thriving businesses to ashes.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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And adopting a new, more sustainable strategy for Kyiv is the best way to do so—and to therefore ensure Ukraine continues to exist as a thriving, sovereign, independent nation.Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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But the economic implications of a thriving hackathon culture extend beyond individual participants.Mostofa Shakib, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Research also points to the impact that the digital divide has on lower-income students setting themselves up for successful college entrance, or even attending college at all.Advertorial, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
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Several of the Democratic senators up for reelection were initially elected during years favorable to their party, such as the 2006 backlash to then-President George W. Bush or during then-President Barack Obama’s successful 2012 reelection campaign — and are facing headwinds for the first time.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Much of Little Brother’s songs are crafted by the use of samples, but Glasper’s band added a lush, sultry expansiveness to their catalog.William E. Ketchum III, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Created by Tony McNamara, who earned Oscar nominations for his writing work on both The Favourite and Poor Things, The Great offers the same combination of lush costumes and scenery mixed with a biting commentary on the world, and a woman’s place in it.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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Keep weedy areas of your yard cut back to deprive them of a place to call home.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2024
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Common visitors to feeders for both seed and suet, these birds gather in flocks in weedy fields, roadsides, brushy patches and backyards.Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
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That puts it reassuringly outside the capability of even a wealthy tech bro, who wouldn’t have the money or the diplomatic alliances required, as Cynthia Scharf, senior fellow at the International Center for Future Generations, told me.Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The opposing views underscored the challenge at the heart of the climate negotiations: while nations are urged to shift to green energy sources, many, including wealthy Western nations, continue to rely on fossil fuels.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Between the lines: Partisan poll watchers have been part of U.S. elections since at least the 19th century to counter voter fraud and violence, which were rampant at the time, per PBS' Retro Report.April Rubin, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sixty percent of the water that flows into the lower Mississippi River comes from the Ohio River, where drought is rampant.Mary Gilbert, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Speaking of which, the Xbox Elite controller may possibly be the golden standard for modern controllers.Carlos Mejia, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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Watch from bed as the rising sun paints the Chisos peaks hues of pink and peach, or relax on the spacious deck or hammock as the desert transitions from golden hour to star-speckled night—a signature of the region’s enormous Greater Big Bend International Dark Sky Reserve.Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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Like Alfonso Arau’s decadent film, the amount of time spent on food in the series is almost luxuriant, adding to the sensuality of the story.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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The name reflects the fact nature is infused into every aspect of the hostelry, from luxuriant plantings to the names given the 179 guest rooms, each a reference to a different bird or flower.Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Prosperous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosperous. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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