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thriving
[ thrahy-ving ]
adjective
- prospering or doing well; highly successful:
The Arts Commission plans to expand its thriving ArtSmart program into all 21 of the city’s elementary schools.
- growing or developing vigorously; flourishing:
When I worked on her farm ten years ago there was still a thriving goat herd, but she’s been unable to keep it up on her own.
Other Words From
- thriv·ing·ly adverb
- un·thriv·ing adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of thriving1
Example Sentences
Winston has the tools to thrive in Washington, which will need its third point guard to have a steady hand almost above all else.
Some players thrive in the rotation because of the time in between starts, whereas some players are able to bounce back and pitch in back-to-back days.
Today, it’s a thriving hub of art, music, food, and community that proves a great atmosphere for LGBTQ transplants.
Tens of thousands of feet below the surface, deep-sea fish and crustaceans thrive amidst extreme pressure, freezing cold, and absolute darkness.
Since its founding, Dallas has continued to grow and thrive, and is now home to 9 Fortune 500 companies, 41 colleges and universities, multiple professional sports teams, and a myriad of businesses and industries.
Since 2009, the goat has had a thriving Twitter presence as well, today enjoying up to nearly 8,000 followers.
Thousands of years ago, Meroe was a thriving hub of trade and home to some 25,000 residents.
The company has been plagued by accusations of rape in the United States but still appears to be thriving.
Thanks to the jazz scene, the city fostered a thriving African-American culture.
But even before this celebrity benediction, Brooklyn was thriving in the City of Lights.
Mr. Hancock, discreetly holding his peace, attended to his many thriving and very profitable business ventures.
And indeed to whose interest would it be to have an English company granted a monopoly of a thriving branch of American trade?
Of refined tastes, including a penchant for blue china, being a thriving bachelor, he was able to gratify them.
But Carlisle is peaceful and quiet enough at the present time, a place of considerable size and with a thriving commerce.
Richmond had grown in approximately twenty-five years from a village to a thriving city.
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