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[pros-per] / ˈprɒs pər /


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"You have built resilience across our public services, businesses and communities, equipping us all to prosper in our ever-evolving digital world," the monarch added.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Anyone hoping to prosper by holding a leveraged ETF for the long run should ponder Shōhaku’s lions tumbling into the depths of the gorge and the long, treacherous path back to the top.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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

He considered military men unprincipled loafers, ambitious plotters, experts in facing down civilians in order to prosper during times of disorder.

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

In his budget speech, Champagne warned that Canada is facing "a time of profound change" and that "bold and swift action is needed" to ensure the country prospers.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025

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

Now the area prospers largely from the tourist trade.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

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

Barabak: Becerra right away lays down the man o’ the people card, noting his parents came to California with just $12 and prospered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Under his tenure, China has prospered immensely. He’s really done an excellent job.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

Driving into town in my rented car, I saw no obvious signs that Caldwell had ever prospered.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Elections will create winners and losers in individual industries, but I’d rather own businesses capable of prospering across political cycles than build a portfolio around predicting Washington.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026

“That was really a joke about someone who is prospering off of your name and your brand but they don’t like you.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

The human beings did not hate Animal Farm any less now that it was prospering; indeed, they hated it more than ever.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell


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