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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
Mason thrived in a similar 49ers system, predicated on zone runs involving cutbacks.
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Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Choose plants that can thrive in your home’s light conditions.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
Voters found this familiar message attractive during the roaring 20s—as the economy boomed and society thrived, there seemed little reason to shift gears politically.
—Justin Peck / Made By History, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
The organizations that thrive in the coming decades will be those that can master both the technical and the nontechnical, thereby realizing the value of true data and AI literacy.
—Ben Jones, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Choose plants that can thrive in your home’s light conditions.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
Voters found this familiar message attractive during the roaring 20s—as the economy boomed and society thrived, there seemed little reason to shift gears politically.
—Justin Peck / Made By History, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
The organizations that thrive in the coming decades will be those that can master both the technical and the nontechnical, thereby realizing the value of true data and AI literacy.
—Ben Jones, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for thrive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrive
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In the capital city, Khartoum, galleries had just begun to flourish; formal institutions and community centers were taking shape; and discussions of a National Museum of Art were underway.—
Omnia Saed,
ARTnews.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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There is no reason to weaken or eliminate the copyright protections that have helped America flourish.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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Its power plant was succeeded by the 4.2-liter engine, coupled with a (finally) all-synchro four-speed gearbox, which together, brought the E-Type up to date by 1965.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
7 Mar. 2025
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Smaller powers can, through the intelligent application of attrition, succeed in advancing their own goals.—
Phillips Payson O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
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And, while Black Wall Street can attest to this, Miller discovered Black towns like Wilmington, North Carolina–that prospered greatly and were meccas.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Feb. 2025
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Macron said the idea is to help the U.S. and Europe both prosper, saying that further talks would be carried out by their respective teams to flesh out their ideas.—
Josh Boak,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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Another recent time Kai and Vanessa Trump were spotted with Tiger Woods was at the Genesis Invitational, when the three arrived together at Torrey Pines for the final round.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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The project sees the musicians sharing their love story, and the full-length is expected to arrive later this month.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Thrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrive. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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