thriving

thrive | American Dictionary

thrive
verb[ I ]
us/θrɑɪv/
to grow, develop, or be successful:
She seems to thrive on hard work.

thrive | Business English

thrive
verb[ I ]
uk /θraɪv/usthrived | thrived | US alsothrove | thriven
to grow, develop, and become successful:
Industries such as water, telecoms, and insurance have been thriving.
thrive on sthSome employees thrive on the challenge of intense workloads.

Examples of thrive

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Other political parties have limited space in which to thrive.
A male infant of 3.25 kg became dyspneic soon after birth and failed to thrive.
This information is encoded in the language itself so that each generation can benefit and thrive in challenging environments.
In conclusion, this species appears to be promoted by elephants, but can thrive without them.
The intensity and immediacy of their expressive intention provide empowering qualities that thrive on musical interaction.
Since agents with short-term perspective create their own evolutionary space where they are able to thrive, the impact of long-term traders remains limited.
It will be important to know whether any of the viruses living under extreme conditions, where humans would not thrive, can nevertheless be pathological.
On the one hand, it furnishes a recognisably prestigious arena for just the kind of conspicuous consumption ' for the moment ' that especuladores thrive on.
It is found that the crops cultivated are thriving well.
He is now nine months old and is developing normally and thriving.
Volunteers thrived on feeling ' at home ' in a training environment reminiscent of their past working lives.
The great cities thrive on uncertainty and informality, although they may appear quite formal in their plans.
Some systems collapsed, leaving only low-density occupations, while others in different settings using other strategies were able to continue or even thrive.
They underpinned devotion to relics and images, fostered the widespread use (and misuse) of sacramentals, and buttressed the thriving tradition of pilgrimage to prominent shrines.
Historically, these children often presented in the failure to thrive category but now with specialist centres this is hopefully a thing of the past.
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