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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prosper.

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Examples

  • This is a delaying tactic only, a negative-sum game in which death "prospers" at the expense of life.

    Common Sense and Wonder 2008

  • Much of the community´s economic lifeblood comes from foreigners living on pensions not subject to economic cycles but the local community prospers or suffers with economic vagaries and their families rise or fall with economic prosperity or hardship.

    Secure Parking Lots 2009

  • Much of the community´s economic lifeblood comes from foreigners living on pensions not subject to economic cycles but the local community prospers or suffers with economic vagaries and their families rise or fall with economic prosperity or hardship.

    Secure Parking Lots 2009

  • As Latin America prospers and growth in sub-Saharan Africa picks up, the Middle East and North Africa stand out as economic disappointments, especially for their huge cohorts of unemployed youth.

    Egypt Faces Choice on Economic Fate David Wessel 2011

  • Much of the community´s economic lifeblood comes from foreigners living on pensions not subject to economic cycles but the local community prospers or suffers with economic vagaries and their families rise or fall with economic prosperity or hardship.

    Secure Parking Lots 2009

  • Much of the community´s economic lifeblood comes from foreigners living on pensions not subject to economic cycles but the local community prospers or suffers with economic vagaries and their families rise or fall with economic prosperity or hardship.

    Secure Parking Lots 2009

  • Much of the community´s economic lifeblood comes from foreigners living on pensions not subject to economic cycles but the local community prospers or suffers with economic vagaries and their families rise or fall with economic prosperity or hardship.

    Secure Parking Lots 2009

  • Much of the community´s economic lifeblood comes from foreigners living on pensions not subject to economic cycles but the local community prospers or suffers with economic vagaries and their families rise or fall with economic prosperity or hardship.

    Secure Parking Lots 2009

  • Much of the community´s economic lifeblood comes from foreigners living on pensions not subject to economic cycles but the local community prospers or suffers with economic vagaries and their families rise or fall with economic prosperity or hardship.

    Secure Parking Lots 2009

  • Much of the community´s economic lifeblood comes from foreigners living on pensions not subject to economic cycles but the local community prospers or suffers with economic vagaries and their families rise or fall with economic prosperity or hardship.

    Secure Parking Lots 2009

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