thriving
Americanadjective
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prospering or doing well; highly successful.
The Arts Commission plans to expand its thriving ArtSmart program into all 21 of the city’s elementary schools.
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growing or developing vigorously; flourishing.
When I worked on her farm ten years ago there was still a thriving goat herd, but she’s been unable to keep it up on her own.
Other Word Forms
- thrivingly adverb
- unthriving adjective
Etymology
Origin of thriving
Example Sentences
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And erase the idea of a thriving District 13 from my mind for good.
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So Mwase returned to Lilongwe and got his family, and before long, he’d established a thriving empire.
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The warren was thriving at last and Hazel could sit basking on the bank and count their blessings.
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I was thinking of his rows of thriving crops.
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“Not to mention keeping this business thriving for my wife and my daughter.”
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