flourishing

Example Sentences

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Instead of flourishing, people become abstractions within systems optimized for performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad is still flourishing at 116 years old.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

In Jemima’s first year of high school in New Zealand, her social life was flourishing.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

Most importantly for the long term, we are seeing the EU lay the groundwork for a potential flourishing of capitalism by supporting technology and innovation and by reforming and deregulating where appropriate.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

While luxury stores, miraculous finance companies, exotic restaurants, and import business were flourishing, the unemployed lined up outside factory gates waiting for a chance to work at the minimum wage.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende