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prosper

[pros-per] / ˈprɒs pər /


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Anyone hoping to prosper by holding a leveraged ETF for the long run should ponder Shōhaku’s lions tumbling into the depths of the gorge and the long, treacherous path back to the top.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Behind the song stood Jerome Kern, a founding architect of the American musical, and Dorothy Fields, one of the few women to prosper in the era’s fiercely competitive songwriting business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Shouldn’t a museum, of all places, be a place where complex dialogues about art and humanity can prosper?

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

"I know he wants the country to prosper."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

For them, the city represented something new under the Southern sun: a place where anyone could prosper, where ambition and hard work, not skin color, determined one’s chances for success or failure.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Yet to our mind the remarkable news of this anniversary is that our free republic has stood for a quarter millennium and prospers still.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Tom Roebuck, another wing who prospers in the air, is only just back from a broken toe.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026

“When Indonesia prospers, the region prosters,” Lee said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

Western analysts say the counteroffensive, even if it prospers, won’t end the war which started with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

For a decade he has run a parfumerie on the rue Vauborel: a straggling business that prospers only when the cod are being salted and the stones of the town itself begin to stink.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Barabak: Becerra right away lays down the man o’ the people card, noting his parents came to California with just $12 and prospered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Under his tenure, China has prospered immensely. He’s really done an excellent job.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Unyoked from racial prejudices and prohibitions, Eston’s progeny prospered.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

After his career prospered, he bought his wife a fur coat one Christmas and, to make the gift more of a surprise, wrapped it in a microwave box.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Which she did, and did well, and the dominions on and about Mount Huon prospered and flourished under her command.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

Despite rising computer-memory costs and a tight supply chain that have been constraining phone sales, the company is prospering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Fundamentally superior stocks are prospering from a stunning earnings environment as well as a booming domestic economy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Brazil is pushing the idea of building a prospering economy by sustainably using natural resources, preserving nature to protect the vitality of the land, and developing valuable products including fuels, pharmaceuticals, and foods.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025

Phil filled in with two talented conductors who were Dudamel fellows and are now enjoying prospering careers, Elim Chan and Gemma New.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025

He was always eager for news of Caroline, who was prospering in Baltimore as the Prophet Jeremiah claimed only the wicked do.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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