prosper
verb (used without object)
to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
had prospered
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past perfectof prosper.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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These elites were the East Coast merchants who had prospered from the prewar Atlantic commercial boom that helped plant capitalism’s roots in North America.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 13, 2025
Kulaks had prospered under the more liberal policies of the NEP.
From Textbooks β Dec. 14, 2022
The governor's less-publicized talk was much more restrained as he methodically laid out statistics in support of his claim that Florida had prospered under his leadership.
From Reuters β Sep. 22, 2022
Huawei had prospered by eschewing publicity in the 32 years since Ren launched it from a two-room office.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 19, 2019
Free black men like James Forten, who was a sailor in the American Revolution, had prospered in business.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
