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prosper

[pros-per] / ˈprɒs pər /


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Shouldn’t a museum, of all places, be a place where complex dialogues about art and humanity can prosper?

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

Shouldn’t a museum, of all places, be where complex dialogues about art and humanity can prosper?

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

One coin features the Vulcan salute, a hand gesture that was popularised by the original 1960s television series, alongside the words "Live long and prosper".

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

“We can make it so they can prosper, but we prosper with them,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Bruno Crespi, who was married to Amparo Moscote, and whose shop of toys and musical instruments continued to prosper, built a theater which Spanish companies included in their itineraries.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Yet to our mind the remarkable news of this anniversary is that our free republic has stood for a quarter millennium and prospers still.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

“When Indonesia prospers, the region prosters,” Lee said.

From Seattle Times Apr. 29, 2024

Western analysts say the counteroffensive, even if it prospers, won’t end the war which started with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

From Washington Times Jul. 4, 2023

Patriotism is wanting to make your city better so that it prospers.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2022

For a decade he has run a parfumerie on the rue Vauborel: a straggling business that prospers only when the cod are being salted and the stones of the town itself begin to stink.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Unyoked from racial prejudices and prohibitions, Eston’s progeny prospered.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Nor does she mention such New York City clubs as El Morocco or the Stork Club that prospered after drinking once again became legal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Since leaving England he has prospered in franchise cricket, ending Royal Challengers Bengaluru's wait for Indian Premier League success with consecutive titles in 2025 and 2026 and winning The Hundred with Trent Rockets in 2022.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Americans made things, and prospered in the making of them.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2026

But like the Southern Baptists and other conservative denominations, the Assemblies gradually dropped their separatist strictures as their membership prospered and spread.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Folks in Richland who are prospering probably don’t see it that way.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Fundamentally superior stocks are prospering from a stunning earnings environment as well as a booming domestic economy.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Since their reintroduction to London three years ago, the colony has been prospering.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

I would love the corporate campaign painting Inglewood as Black and prospering on its own terms — an equal partner in this breakneck development — to be true.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2024

Restricting myself more to particulars, let me say that one sees a prince prospering today and coming to ruin tomorrow without having seen him change his nature or his qualities.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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