thriving

[thrahy-ving]

adjective

1. 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.

2. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of thriving¹

thriv(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

“If we as women are putting our eggs on ice for a decade to make sure that our career is thriving,” she said, “we have a prioritization problem.”

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The club, meanwhile, once a thriving institution with some 3,000 members, struggles to maintain a roster of 450 members, many of whom come from very different demographics.

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L.A. was never a place in which I imagined myself thriving.

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Chambers added that the need to demonstrate to others how well one is thriving also can heighten the stigma against finding care.

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Moonshot is one of the rising stars in China’s thriving AI sector, where more firms are making breakthroughs in technological advancements and moving toward public listings.

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