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have been flourishing

  • present perfect progressive of flourish.

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Not that any of those have been flourishing since FTX’s great November crash—but they definitely won’t be poised for a comeback should the SEC gets its way.

From Slate Jun. 6, 2023

While hip-hop and R&B have been flourishing, in recent years much rock music has been floundering towards irrelevance.

From The Guardian Apr. 23, 2017

Of those infected in Illinois, most live near cemeteries, where mosquito larvae have been flourishing in water-filled flower vases.

From Time Magazine Archive

Had it remained in Flemish hands, it would now have been flourishing.

From A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

And if they did not add to the art, they gave such encouragement that under the emperors it may be said to have been flourishing.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements by Lord, John