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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 • Oct. 13, 2025

Southern California companies that had prospered locally extended their reach way up north.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

Kulaks had prospered under the more liberal policies of the NEP.

From Textbooks • 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 • Sep. 22, 2022

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