prosperous
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In the 18th Century, a prosperous businessman, Thomas Knox Hannington, built a grand house on the site, and its ruins can still be seen today.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
You are a master of the prosperous pivot.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
But that means the problem is worse in less prosperous areas where people can’t afford it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
One can readily sense the intellectual hostility to middlebrow culture, which in England dated back before the existence of a large and prosperous middle class with a hunger for culture.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Wang Lung kept his own counsel, therefore, only listening here and there in the tea shop when maids were spoken of, or men prosperous in the town who had daughters for marriage.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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