flourish

We learn language by imitation and need some form of community and cooperation to flourish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

By the time a fourth package arrives—this one for Judith—the reader has likely identified the killer, and the novel’s finale seems like a cursory flourish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Placing famous directors in front of the camera is a classic auteur filmmaker flourish, and Safdie is both an actor and a director mainly associated with indie films.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

“Everywhere you turn, there’s a flourish, a nuance, a detail. There’s a bold statement that makes you sit and contemplate.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

JimmyTrotter opened the doors to the wooden cabinet with a fancy flourish so we could see what had been hidden inside.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Even the song Rock Music is full of manipulated vocals and electronic flourishes.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Likewise, Paris Fashion Week isn’t known to feature designers whose collections can be worn off the rack, instead showcasing works of great sartorial ambition, with severe silhouettes and playful flourishes alike.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

“I’m invincible as grief,” she sings on the opening title track, a steadily building 8½-minute epic filled with improvisational flourishes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

In the mango-growing heartland of Tando Allahyar, Mohammad Shakeel manages orchards that grow the golden-yellow Sindhri variety, named after the province where it flourishes and famous for its rich flavour and juicy pulp.

From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026

If a species boasts many DNA copies, it is a success, and the species flourishes.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

The business, which Schell left in 1997, flourished: Alice Waters, at Chez Panisse, bought pork exclusively from Niman, as did Zuni Cafe in San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Both industries have flourished in a world of falling interest rates, plentiful leverage and abundant global capital.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

One of the attackers who helped Argentina overcome England in their semi-final, Alvarez has flourished at Atletico Madrid since his 2024 move from Manchester City.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

France and Morocco moved on Thursday to strengthen a renewed partnership that has flourished over the past two years, with French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu hailing "exceptionally positive" ties in Rabat.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

It is slightly tarnished and engraved with something that the boy thinks might be words in Latin, but the script is looping and flourished and he cannot make them out.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Science denialism comes from many directions, and unfortunately we are in a period where it’s flourishing.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

The Spanish had their own name, Canada de las Uvas, grapes canyon, for the wild Cimarron grapes flourishing there, which sounds a whole lot more romantic than “Tejon Pass.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

“They’re flourishing in our absence,” Huang said of Chinese chip maker Huawei in May.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Lilly hopes that an approval for retatrutide as a biologic will help close off a flourishing market in counterfeit versions of the drug.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

By the seventh century, the West had withered with the fall of Rome, but the East was flourishing.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife