: characterized by success or prosperity
a thriving business
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our new landscaping business is thriving
the once thriving downtown has fallen into steep decline since the new mall was built
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Other photographers across the city, known for its thriving creative community, are lending their skills in similar ways.
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
Despite some corruption scandals and disruptive strikes during those decades, unions helped millions of workers join a broad and thriving middle class.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Over the years, the school has grown from a small institution into a thriving educational complex serving almost 1,000 students in grades 6-12.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Many artists, particularly in Altadena, known for its thriving creative community, lost their homes and studios, and the LAT also reported on cultural gems that have either been lost to fires or are in imminent danger.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
Despite some corruption scandals and disruptive strikes during those decades, unions helped millions of workers join a broad and thriving middle class.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Over the years, the school has grown from a small institution into a thriving educational complex serving almost 1,000 students in grades 6-12.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Many artists, particularly in Altadena, known for its thriving creative community, lost their homes and studios, and the LAT also reported on cultural gems that have either been lost to fires or are in imminent danger.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Thriving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thriving. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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