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prosper

[pros-per] / ˈprɒs pər /


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Officials in Nevada, where casinos prosper, have emerged as some of the most forceful opponents of prediction markets.

From Barron's May 14, 2026

He added: "There need to be barriers, there needs to be prevention, and we need to look at it seriously to make people feel safe, to make the businesses stay here so they'll prosper."

From BBC May 9, 2026

Both need each other to prosper and resent self-interested decisions their counterparts make that impact them.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 27, 2026

No member is above the rules in a gang that lives by the importance of “equality” and “union,” but anyone can prosper as long as they remain loyal, said Manso.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

Your arguments will tend to prosper if they are founded on the common assumptions of your audience—or, in special cases, if the audience is minded to defer to your authority.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

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

St Emilion is now secure under his patronage, and the convent prospers as a result of my commerce with the local merchants and farmers, so Mother Ermentrude and the bishop are pleased.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

There were busts as well as booms - oil has always been a volatile commodity - but on the whole Aberdeen prospered, with the Granite City acquiring a new nickname: Europe's oil capital.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

Americans made things, and prospered in the making of them.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2026

Unsurprisingly, it's not just in Asia that Root has prospered against spin.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, the state’s economy has prospered as the Governor has welcomed companies and data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 15, 2026

Meanwhile, northern cities like Chichen Itza, Uxmal, and Coba not only survived the dearth of rain, they prospered.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

When they moved in 25 years ago, the soil was rich and trees were prospering, so Hofvendahl planted more, and more, and then more, turning his yard into an orchard.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 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

Even as they stood there, Ralph suspected him of secretly prospering.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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