- present participle of flourish.
flourishing
Example Sentences
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The Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad is still flourishing at 116 years old.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
In Jemima’s first year of high school in New Zealand, her social life was flourishing.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
Most importantly for the long term, we are seeing the EU lay the groundwork for a potential flourishing of capitalism by supporting technology and innovation and by reforming and deregulating where appropriate.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Superbloom's lead single I Could Get Used To This saw Ware's new era blossom over flourishing panpipes and funky guitar riffs.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
And they lived in what White viewed as well-ordered settlements, with big, flourishing fields of maize. symbols.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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