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prosper

[pros-per] / ˈprɒs pər /


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And Jackson hopes he can prosper alongside his attacking colleagues.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Anyone hoping to prosper by holding a leveraged ETF for the long run should ponder Shōhaku’s lions tumbling into the depths of the gorge and the long, treacherous path back to the top.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

That war ended with a treaty, and for ten years peace had kept life calm and allowed people to settle and prosper.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

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

When Romualdo Jr. was about 5, his mother married a Scottish-born sea captain who had prospered in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 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 Lone Star State buys more from Mexico than it sells, and it has prospered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

If they prospered, they thanked God for His kindness.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay

They described a "K-shaped economy," where higher-income households were prospering while lower-income families saw the high cost of living shrinking their economic prospects.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

In 1893, the San Francisco Examiner approached four California super millionaires — today’s billionaires — for advice on prospering in the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Despite rising computer-memory costs and a tight supply chain that have been constraining phone sales, the company is prospering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

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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