flourishing

[ flur-i-shing, fluhr- ]

/ ˈflɜr ɪ ʃɪŋ, ˈflʌr- /

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adjective

growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.

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Origin of flourishing

A Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at flourish, -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM flourishing

flour·ish·ing·ly, adverbun·flour·ish·ing, adjective

Words nearby flourishing

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How to use flourishing in a sentence

The problem here is that goals such as connecting people, increasing human flourishing, or promoting freedom, equality, and democracy are not goals that are computationally tractable.
Why Silicon Valley's Optimization Mindset Sets Us Up for Failure|Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami and Jeremy M. Weinstein|September 10, 2021|Time
Following this surge in popularity, many brands — especially of the luxury variety — have begun to embrace resale, often as a protective mechanism to prevent the flourishing of counterfeit goods.
Fashion resale brands have lasting power beyond 2020 pandemic-induced boom|jim cooper|September 7, 2021|Digiday
However, we didn’t know how common these chaotic systems are relative to quieter systems like ours, whose orderly architecture has favored the flourishing of life on Earth.
A Quarter of Sun-Like Stars Eat Their Own Planets, According to New Research|Lorenzo Spina|September 2, 2021|Singularity Hub
The relatively calm history of our solar system has favored the flourishing of life here on Earth.
A Quarter of Sun-Like Stars Eat Their Own Planets, According to New Research|Lorenzo Spina|September 2, 2021|Singularity Hub

So you might think it’s a matter of justice that we owe it to future generations to bequeath them both an existence in the first place and the conditions for their flourishing.
How to be a good ancestor|Sigal Samuel|July 2, 2021|Vox
Those are troubling numbers, for unfettered speech is not incidental to a flourishing society.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Strangio is at his best when exposing what appears to be a flourishing civil society in Cambodia.
Cambodia’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Democracy|David Shaftel|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Barzani government, on the other hand, has had flourishing ties with Turkey.
PKK Kurdish Terrorists Are Fighting IS Terrorists With U.S. Help|Thomas Seibert|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But there was certainly a flourishing of it right after World War II.
How Jews Created American Modernism|Andrew Romano|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So yes, couture is alive and flourishing, thanks to wealth located far from its spiritual home of Paris.
What’s Haute, What’s Not: The Meaning of Modern Couture|Liza Foreman|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hence it can be seen what hope there is of establishing a flourishing christian church by such evangelists.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
It was at one time a favoured and flourishing agricultural colony, but from various causes sank into neglect.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
Havana, however had long been flourishing before the seat of Government had been transferred to it from Santiago.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Until a few years ago the quarter known as the, Parian was the flourishing centre of the half-caste traders.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
I have seen in a single night the most flourishing orange-tree stripped of every leaf by this mischievous creature.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham