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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
Today, more than 101,000 Americans are 100 years old or older, and many, along with their prosperous families, remain engaged, vibrant, curious and generous.
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Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
However, the road to a prosperous year may be paved with volatility.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
Attendees of the interconfessional church service hugged and shook hands as the prosperous Alpine town sought to pull together to process the trauma of one of the deadliest tragedies to strike modern Switzerland.
—Reuters, NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
With such a prosperous and advanced village before them, well before its time, archaeologists wondered why the site had been deserted.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosperous
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Ronny Hartmann | Afp | Getty Images Rolls-Royce shares have hit fresh record highs every single trading day so far this year, as the aerospace and defense firm reaps benefits from multiple directions – from its exposure to defense, to its thriving power systems business and a wider FTSE 100 rally.—
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Settlements turned into towns, towns turned into thriving American port cities.—
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Between 1965 and 1969, the AEC conducted several successful tests using NERVA reactors at its facilities in New Mexico and Nevada.—
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One of two daughters born in Paris to Louis and Anne-Marie Bardot, Brigitte, like Monroe, charted her course from successful model (the cover of Elle) to a credible, if not sensational, actress.—
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The lush gardens are spread across about a dozen acres and feature a mix of styles, including a traditional Valencian space with Moorish influences, sprawling greenhouses, and pergolas covered in swaths of roses.—
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The lush landscape of chaparral, coast sage scrubs and creek beds was once a stop on the Mount Lowe Railway.—
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Fed by a spring, the shallow and weedy water warmed to create a comfortable fish nursery.—
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Hand-weeding or applying appropriate herbicides when the weedy plants are young and immature will give you the best results.—
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While many wealthier Americans have enjoyed years of double-digit stock market gains, advancing home prices and rising wages, those earning less have been squeezed by the combination of higher prices, debt and a slowing job market.—
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Following the money Hinojosa and Bell have tied Abbott’s private-school voucher push to a broader argument about favoritism, arguing the program steers public dollars to mostly Christian schools while benefiting wealthy contributors.—
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The protests in Iran began two weeks ago in Tehran’s bazaars over rampant inflation, but have since spiraled into wider demonstrations against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his regime, which has ruled the country since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.—
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The protests, which began on December 28 as demonstrations in Tehran’s bazaars over rampant inflation, have since spread to more than 100 cities, posing the biggest challenge to the Iranian regime in years.—
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Dwayne Johnson walked hand-in-hand with wife Lauren Hashian, who looked golden in a floor-length gown.—
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Return to oven, and bake until hot and bubbly around edges and chips are lightly golden brown, about 10 minutes.—
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This luxuriant, almost decadent virtuosity can feel out of synch with a tale of miserable, penny-pinching extremes.—
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Plenty of intimate questions and long, luxuriant answers followed.—
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“Prosperous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosperous. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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