prosper

Example Sentences

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He said the bank and local communities “can work together” to help people prosper by buying homes and getting higher-paying jobs.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Cambridge residents would, he added, be "outraged" to find "that one entity owns the word 'Cambridge', because it doesn't help the rest of the city prosper in any kind of way at all".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Asked where he had found the belief to prosper on the NFL's biggest stage after being traded between five teams over eight years, Darnold responded: "It's easy. My teammates and my coaches."

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

At the remove of 2½ centuries, that concern seems quaint, for today the real question may be whether the country can prosper if its citizens are ignorant and unlettered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

If whites were willing to live and work with blacks, fine; if they weren’t, that was all right, too—blacks could prosper on their own, given a fair chance.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson