thriving

[thrahy-ving]

adjective

1. 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.

2. 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 Word Forms

• thrivingly adverb
• unthriving adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of thriving¹

thriv(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Home Bargains is still thriving and opening new stores, too.

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Even as concerns about artificial intelligence have led to a widespread tech selloff, one “Magnificent Seven” name has been thriving: Alphabet.

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One chief executive is betting against AI, and thriving as well.

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As high school progressed, Anthony gave “the appearance of thriving,” Neal said: a 4.6 grade point average, two part-time jobs, a busy social life.

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But such measures often trigger unintended consequences - from thriving black markets and deaths from illicit brews, to enforcement challenges that drain state resources.

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