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as in to succeed
to reach a desired level of accomplishment
going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy
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Recent Examples of thrive
After all, the genre’s biggest star, Wallen, is the model for how to thrive in a post-cancellation world.
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Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
This type of regeneration is also why aspen trees thrive after wildfires.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
Yet, miraculously, early life not only held on but thrived.
—Liam Courtney-Davies, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
The gardens place special emphasis on native plants known to thrive in the region.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2024
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Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
This type of regeneration is also why aspen trees thrive after wildfires.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
Yet, miraculously, early life not only held on but thrived.
—Liam Courtney-Davies, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
The gardens place special emphasis on native plants known to thrive in the region.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2024
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Education consultancies flourished across China, with parents paying big bucks for tutors and classes that promised to send their children abroad.Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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These skin-first makeup products represent significant industry upgrades, providing an ideal environment for K-beauty to flourish in its new phase.Danielle James, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
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The passing of the baton is official: British maestro Alexander Shelley will succeed Carl St.Clair as artistic and musical director of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.Samantha Dunn, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
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Israel might succeed at temporarily fragmenting the group, but Hezbollah will likely reconsolidate.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement SpaceX, in particular, would likely continue to prosper as NASA and the Pentagon’s primary partner for rocket launches.William Gavin, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024
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While Jared Kushner moved to D.C. to advise former president Trump and then to Miami to pursue private equity, his family’s real estate business quietly prospered in his absence—rebuilding a portfolio that’s now more valuable than his father-in-law’s.Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Prosecutors, however, noted that security camera footage from a dining hall on UGA's campus, where Diego worked, showed Diego arriving and leaving work on Feb. 22.Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Trending on Billboard Hallucinating Love arrives after a particularly torrid period since their last LP, 2018’s Kingdoms in Colour.Thomas Smith, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Thrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrive. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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