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flourish

[flur-ish, fluhr-] / ˈflɜr ɪʃ, ˈflʌr- /






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ISTANBUL—Pope Leo XIV’s voyage to the Middle East is taking him to places where early Christianity flourished, but where that community is now struggling.

From The Wall Street Journal

It deploys natural and social scientific methods to understand what advances and what impedes human flourishing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Paid leave gives workers and families the financial stability and time to lead healthy, flourishing lives.

From Salon

He adapted their simple massing and abstract play of volumes, graced them with a few flourishes of Colonial detail, and served them up to young clients on Long Island and in coastal Massachusetts.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stein saw promise in the Universal Studios tour when others did not, and incorporated jolts and flourishes that became known as ‘JayBangs.’

From Los Angeles Times