verb
- Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance.
- usage: "The new student is thriving"
adjective
- Very lively and profitable.
- usage: "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
- synonyms: booming, flourishing, palmy, prosperous, roaring, thriving
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