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Which decade is named for a period of prosperity in the U.S.?

prosperity

[pro-sper-i-tee] / prɒˈspɛr ɪ ti /


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UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Pillay's recognition was "a reaffirmation that human rights, the rule of law and justice, and accountability are fundamental to everything, to peace, to security, and prosperity".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

US officials said the envoys would discuss "security guarantees for Ukraine, a post-war prosperity plan, and other aspects of the conflict."

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

He renounced the prosperity gospel he once had preached, wrote a raw and wrenching biography about his missteps and vowed to work with the needy and most vulnerable when he was released.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

It has also rejected comparisons to the prosperity gospel, the Christian theological movement that connects faith with material or financial rewards.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

As the story goes, when he was done birds flew down and pecked away the outlines—a development that gave Alexander pause, until someone suggested that it augured well for the town’s prosperity.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Studying the composition and other prosperities the inner three planets could also improve understanding how unusual ultra-low density super puff planets formed, the researchers said.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024

Drawing on the inheritance of an almost folkloric wisdom, Garcia is unafraid of suggesting that passion is "a frail interlude between the prosperities of loss."

From Time Magazine Archive

As he whirled on into Suburbia, he fell to considering relative prosperities.

From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Arthur Shearly Cripps

The liberal spendings of the Fosters upon their fancies began early in their prosperities, and grew in prodigality step by step with their advancing fortunes.

From The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain

This is the thirst that makes him turn so often from the near securities and prosperities, and indeed all beside, setting his heart aflame with vain, because illimitable, desires.

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Fiona Macleod




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