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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
As the plant-eaters became larger, so did the carnivores, and a broad array of impressive reptiles emerged that thrived through the Jurassic and Cretaceous.
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
Jim Tunney and Al Jury lived — and thrived — by those standards.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Read more Britain’s car finance industry is in crisis – with banks bracing for billions in payouts
Auto giants are getting nervous about the prospect of mega fines as EV demand falters
‘Europe’s Detroit’ built a thriving car industry.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
In 2015, Tucson became the first U.S. city to be named a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy for its long agricultural history and thriving culinary industry.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
Jim Tunney and Al Jury lived — and thrived — by those standards.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Read more Britain’s car finance industry is in crisis – with banks bracing for billions in payouts
Auto giants are getting nervous about the prospect of mega fines as EV demand falters
‘Europe’s Detroit’ built a thriving car industry.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
In 2015, Tucson became the first U.S. city to be named a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy for its long agricultural history and thriving culinary industry.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrive
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The holiday season is meant to be a time of connection and generosity—a time when families and friends gather, traditions flourish, and memories are created.Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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The key to the culture of the future is built on collaboration, so that the promise of generative AI is allowed to flourish.Chris Westfall, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Or, if looking at the zodiac signs chronologically in the order of the calendar’s months (below), the sign of their second house succeeds their Rising sign to the right.Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Helfman, who has been at the company for nearly two decades, will be succeeded on an interim basis by Nancy Walsh, president of Informa Markets North America.Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 20 Dec. 2024
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The construction of the Roosevelt Damn and the Eastern and Consolidated Canals in the early 1900s, two key water projects in Arizona, helped Gilbert prosper as a farming community.Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
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Yunus knows that improving livelihoods is the only sure way to buy the necessary time to rebuild state institutions, so autocracy can never return—a new Bangladesh that prospers long after those murals have sun-bleached and blistered.Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
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Crews arrived on the scene after hiking two miles on the trail and quickly assessed the steep drop-off where Sbarge had fallen.Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Poppy Delevingne and Cara Delevingne arriving at the wedding of Poppy Delevingne and James Cook on May 16, 2014 in London, England.Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Thrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrive. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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