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What kind of musical flourish has traditionally signaled the arrival of an important person?

flourish

[flur-ish, fluhr-] / ˈflɜr ΙͺΚƒ, ˈflʌr- /






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Researchers have uncovered evidence of a time when ancient animal groups that were approaching extinction lived alongside newer groups that would eventually flourish.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

This included efforts to limit the project's climate impact and measures to ensure that biodiversity continued to flourish.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

The stories of Clark, Willingham and others brought institutional betrayal painfully close: the place where you hoped to learn, belong and flourish can become another place entirely, one where you must fight to be heard.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

Hassall said the number "reflects five decades of careful stewardship and shows that nature can flourish alongside farming, public access and heritage conservation".

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

A small family business can survive and flourish without a board of directors, a CEO or an accounting department.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Institutions must examine the cultures and power structures in which hazing flourishes, including secrecy, expectations of unquestioned loyalty, power imbalances and norms that discourage intervention and reporting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

His trademark flourishes included walls of windows and built-in furniture.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Johnson has apparently instituted a number of USA-style flourishes into the program.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

The piece foreshadows Saar’s penchant for transforming common items into near-mystical objects with seemingly simple flourishes that belie complex themes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The place was all red velvet, chandeliers, and rococo flourishes.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

But it flourished abroad and particularly in the United States after Owens seized on it in March 2024, creating social media content and a video series titled "Becoming Brigitte."

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

The 12th in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Birds and butterflies flourished in these sunlit habitats, while enormous grazing animals helped prevent trees and shrubs from taking over.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

Its fortunes have waned over the years, and in 2023 it was sold to a performance-marketing company, an all-too-common fate for many of the publications that once flourished online.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

And once exposed, it behaved as though it were itself a plant and flourished into a huge suede-gray flower that throbbed like fever, and sighed like the shift of sand dunes.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Calling for better enforcement of existing rules by police to stop antisocial behaviour, BFA vice chairman Hubble warned a ban in Ireland had seen a flourishing black market in firework sales.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

My brother and his wife live in a wooded section of town, where a dawn redwood is already flourishing on their property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Influencer culture is flourishing, but the idea of people being moved to action is as old as the Bible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Indeed, the words "HELP" and "SOS" have been scratched out in the weeds now flourishing on the exposed lake bed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

While luxury stores, miraculous finance companies, exotic restaurants, and import business were flourishing, the unemployed lined up outside factory gates waiting for a chance to work at the minimum wage.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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