- present participle of prosper.
prospering
Example Sentences
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“If we do all that, and everybody’s prospering and they’re all a part of it, and there’s upside for everybody, that’s going to naturally be a bulwark against future conflicts there. Because everybody’s thriving.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
Many who left because life was so tough are now getting by abroad rather than prospering.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2024
The intensely alkaline soil of the Carrizo Plain National Monument, a remote grassland east of San Luis Obispo, also deters invasives from prospering, according to Dudney.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2024
To be picky in the ocean after prospering in the pond.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2023
The motives behind building the new church were twofold: to resurrect the ancient splendor of Byzantium and to show the world the financial wherewithal of die prospering Greek American community.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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