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prosperity

[pro-sper-i-tee] / prɒˈspɛr ɪ ti /


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"And we want the American people to share in that prosperity."

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Her parents, who were in the military, “were able to get to financial prosperity through hard work and grit and determination,” she said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

The main plaza of San Ángel Zurumucapio, surrounded by avocado orchards that have brought prosperity to the town.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

"The research shows just how differently prosperity is experienced across the UK, with stark variations not only between regions but on each other's doorstep," said Rachel Taylor, government and health industries leader at PwC.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

It was a delirious prosperity that even made him laugh, and he could not help doing crazy things to release his good humor.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Studying the composition and other prosperities the inner three planets could also improve understanding how unusual ultra-low density super puff planets formed, the researchers said.

From Science Daily Dec. 3, 2024

Drawing on the inheritance of an almost folkloric wisdom, Garcia is unafraid of suggesting that passion is "a frail interlude between the prosperities of loss."

From Time Magazine Archive

But here we are only discussing a physical good and evil, and one must compare in detail the prosperities and the adversities of this life.

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by E.M. Huggard

He is, let him live where else he like, in what pomps and prosperities he like, no literary man.

From An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell

If it had been prosperities, it would have been the same thing—no, not the same thing!—but far worse.

From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Robert Browning




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