: characterized by success or prosperity
a thriving business
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our new landscaping business is thriving
the once thriving downtown has fallen into steep decline since the new mall was built
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In this guide, experts share how—and when—to plant and care for your own wildflower meadow, turning your backyard into a thriving environment.
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Ann Hinga Klein, Martha Stewart, 28 Apr. 2026
Amazing was part of a thriving genre of periodicals that included Astounding Stories of Super-Science (later Analog Science Fiction and Fact) and Galaxy Science Fiction.
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Among the many paying tribute to Thomas were those whose appreciation stretched back through his long career to his family roots in the thriving Yiddish theater scene of early 20th-century America.
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Less well known are its thriving populations of the Big Five in Akagera National Park, to the east.
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Ann Hinga Klein, Martha Stewart, 28 Apr. 2026
Amazing was part of a thriving genre of periodicals that included Astounding Stories of Super-Science (later Analog Science Fiction and Fact) and Galaxy Science Fiction.
—Chris Klimek, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
Among the many paying tribute to Thomas were those whose appreciation stretched back through his long career to his family roots in the thriving Yiddish theater scene of early 20th-century America.
—Penny Schwartz, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Less well known are its thriving populations of the Big Five in Akagera National Park, to the east.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Thriving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thriving. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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