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prosperous

[pros-per-uhs] / ˈprɒs pər əs /




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All four are of advanced age, dressed in somber, formal clothes, and appear to be relatively prosperous.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

They say he had been influenced by adverts such as these, dangling the idea of a more prosperous life in the UK.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

You are a master of the prosperous pivot.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

One can readily sense the intellectual hostility to middlebrow culture, which in England dated back before the existence of a large and prosperous middle class with a hunger for culture.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

He hardly knew his son, for Will was getting fat and prosperous and he wore a coat and vest and a gold ring on his little finger.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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