had thrived
- past perfect of thrive.
Example Sentences
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But behind the scenes, institutional investors were also rotating out of technology and semiconductor stocks—sectors that had thrived in 2020 and 2021—and into areas that had lagged behind, including energy and oil-and-gas services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
In Uzbekistan, a different research team provided great detail about a pair of 6th to 11th century cities on the Silk Road, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, that had thrived before being lost to time.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2024
Mr. Amirzad said his family had thrived with the personalized attention.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
She described Made.com as a "much-loved brand" that had thrived in a world of lower prices, stable demand from its customers and reliable supply chains but said that "world vanished".
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2022
Yet these former child soldiers, rescued from their armies, had mostly recovered and been widely embraced at American colleges and universities, where many of them had thrived.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
