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prosper

[pros-per] / ˈprɒs pər /


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One coin features the Vulcan salute, a hand gesture that was popularised by the original 1960s television series, alongside the words "Live long and prosper".

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

This particular grift may have failed, but in a world built on massive structural inequality, grifters tend to prosper.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

About three-fourths of Americans lack the wealth needed to prosper in today’s economy, according to a new benchmark developed by the Aspen Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Others teamed up to open training centers, preparing their not-yet-married Irish sisters to become teachers and nurses and their Irish brothers to prosper as electricians, carpenters, and butchers.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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

In his budget speech, Champagne warned that Canada is facing "a time of profound change" and that "bold and swift action is needed" to ensure the country prospers.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025

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

Now the area prospers largely from the tourist trade.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 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

Grandma is a widow of modest means, while her child and spouse have prospered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

Unlike others who prospered economically under Chávez, Betancourt and his associates didn't seem to identify ideologically with the late president's movement.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The traveler carried his words back to Shath, and they say that from that time on the Domain prospered again, and all went as it should go in field and house and Hearth.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 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

AEG is prospering by executing a fairly simple business plan, said Andrew Zimbalist, professor emeritus of economics at Smith College.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

But what really struck me during my conversations with the three new key cabinet ministers is that they all, without prompting, connect their chances of prospering with the fate of our whole political system.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024

The motives behind building the new church were twofold: to resurrect the ancient splendor of Byzantium and to show the world the financial wherewithal of die prospering Greek American community.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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