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prosper

[pros-per] / ˈprɒs pər /


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

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

Leonard Nimoy as Mr Spock in Star Trek performs the Vulcan salute, which is usually accompanied with the words "live long and prosper"

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

“We can make it so they can prosper, but we prosper with them,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Maybe because an analyst at a second-tier firm who boldly goes where no one has gone before could live long and prosper if they even temporarily get it right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

“You’ve learned well enough. We’ll prosper as long as you do as I’ve taught you.”

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

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

“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

Who lives, who dies; who suffers, who prospers: The world is a riddle.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2023

She nodded and said, “I’m old and blind, but I still hear things. A fool never prospers in peace. Do you know what their magic is?”

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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

Since leaving England he has prospered in franchise cricket, ending Royal Challengers Bengaluru's wait for Indian Premier League success with consecutive titles in 2025 and 2026 and winning The Hundred with Trent Rockets in 2022.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

For many, the only certainty was the stars, and the ancient astrological conceit prospered in the courtyards and taverns of fear-haunted Europe.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Since their reintroduction to London three years ago, the colony has been prospering.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

“If we do all that, and everybody’s prospering and they’re all a part of it, and there’s upside for everybody, that’s going to naturally be a bulwark against future conflicts there. Because everybody’s thriving.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025

The intensely alkaline soil of the Carrizo Plain National Monument, a remote grassland east of San Luis Obispo, also deters invasives from prospering, according to Dudney.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

Restricting myself more to particulars, let me say that one sees a prince prospering today and coming to ruin tomorrow without having seen him change his nature or his qualities.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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