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[ flur-i-shing, fluhr- ] / ˈflɜr ɪ ʃɪŋ, ˈflʌr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flourishing ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivegrowing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business. Origin of flourishingMiddle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at flourish, -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM flourishingflour·ish·ing·ly, adverbun·flour·ish·ing, adjectiveWords nearby flourishingflouncy, flounder, flour, flour beetle, flourish, flourishing, flour mill, flour mite, flour moth, floury, flout Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flourishingThe notion of “flourishing,” he says, goes back to Aristotle. Honey, I Grew the Economy (Ep. 399)|Stephen J. Dubner|December 5, 2019|Freakonomics Those are troubling numbers, for unfettered speech is not incidental to a flourishing society. How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST Strangio is at his best when exposing what appears to be a flourishing civil society in Cambodia. Cambodia’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Democracy|David Shaftel|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST The Barzani government, on the other hand, has had flourishing ties with Turkey. PKK Kurdish Terrorists Are Fighting IS Terrorists With U.S. Help|Thomas Seibert|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But there was certainly a flourishing of it right after World War II. How Jews Created American Modernism|Andrew Romano|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST So yes, couture is alive and flourishing, thanks to wealth located far from its spiritual home of Paris. What’s Haute, What’s Not: The Meaning of Modern Couture|Liza Foreman|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Missions now depopulated—their happy and flourishing state under the Jesuits. Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata|Woodbine Parish Strong, healthy, and flourishing nations increase in numbers. The German War|Arthur Conan Doyle They savagely blustered, flourishing their revolvers recklessly. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop|Hamlin Garland And there the two branches still are, flourishing side by side. I always used to see in modest homes great tubs each with a flourishing Oleander tree. Old-Time Gardens|Alice Morse Earle
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