Example Sentences

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Smaller public companies have been thriving this year in an economy that finally seems to be rewarding them with lower interest rates, steady economic growth and investors hungry for risk.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

“It proves that as Indigenous people, we have been thriving on this land long enough to share the wealth with others.”

From Science Magazine • Nov. 18, 2024

Most of the plants there today are perennial, native plants that have been thriving for years, and the garden provides free food and herbal medicine, the group says.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023

The salmon have been thriving in mountain rivers in New Zealand, and tribal leaders say those eggs should be brought back.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2023

With all the warm weather, the plants should have been thriving.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby