Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Vigorous; prosperous; thriving.
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- verb Present participle of
flourish . - noun The action of the verb
flourish ;flowering
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- adjective very lively and profitable
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Examples
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Much is said about the economical flourishing in the Kurdish region of Iraq, the Kurdish authorities and the pro-Kurdish western politicians waging campaigns about the ´flourishing democracy and economy´ in the Kurdish regions.
American Chronicle 2008
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The great art to make a nation happy, and what we call flourishing, consists in giving everybody an opportunity of being employed; which to compass, let a Government's first care be to promote as great a variety of Manufacures, Arts and Handicrafts as human wit can invent; and the second to encourage Agriculture and
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The trouble is that "SOME corals are again flourishing on Bikini Atoll, the Pacific site of the largest American atom bomb ever exploded".
The fragile ecology Not a sheep 2008
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The trouble is that "SOME corals are again flourishing on Bikini Atoll, the Pacific site of the largest American atom bomb ever exploded".
Archive 2008-04-01 Not a sheep 2008
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They are, in short, flourishing in a market that is now far more complex than the old caricature of Western firms '"exporting" well-paid jobs to poor nations, where salaries are far lower.
Bottom to Best 2007
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Although the mention of Chiapas frequently brings to mind images of masked revolutionaries and steamy jungles, Mexico's southernmost state is a beautiful combination of mountains, plains and seacoast where tourism is once again flourishing as people rediscover the wonders of a region with deep pre-Hispanic routes.
The Cuisine of Chiapas: Dining in Mexico's Last Frontier 2003
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Although the mention of Chiapas frequently brings to mind images of masked revolutionaries and steamy jungles, Mexico's southernmost state is a beautiful combination of mountains, plains and seacoast where tourism is once again flourishing as people rediscover the wonders of a region with deep pre-Hispanic routes.
The Cuisine of Chiapas: Dining in Mexico's Last Frontier 2003
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Meanwhile, the depleted provinces continue to depend on equalisation handouts from increasingly more resentful taxpayers in flourishing parts of the country.
Big Fish from Little Ponds: Can Canada's Regional Companies Succeed in the Global Economy? 2002
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By 1985, it was apparent that the U.S. was staggering under its twin burdens, while its allies 'economies were flourishing from the U.S. trade deficit.
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Greek mainland, the concentration of our population, once dispersed in flourishing centres the world over.
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