verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
business
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Perhaps because she was a bright, good-hearted little person, her business prospered .
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Dave and Marge reached their goal by starting a business that could prosper anywhere, small town or large.
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Before long, his ships had gained a reputation for quality and speed and his business prospered .
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If you repeat the basics faithfully, your business will prosper .
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The business grew and prospered to make Schweppe's name celebrated for mineral waters throughout the world.
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They supplied him with flour, and his business prospered .
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In a properly managed co-operative, the workers will know that their business can not prosper and support excessive wage claims.
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With hard work and long hours, our business prospered .
company
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They have prospered along with the chemical companies and machinery manufacturers who supply them.
■ VERB
continue
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We continue to invest in the future to make sure we continue to prosper .
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Through it all, the company has continued to grow and prosper .
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I am quite confident however that the Medau Society will continue to prosper .
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The elves never returned, but the shoemaker continued to prosper and had good luck in everything he did.
grow
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The company had grown , diversified, prospered , taken over other companies.
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Through it all, the company has continued to grow and prosper .
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The business grew and prospered to make Schweppe's name celebrated for mineral waters throughout the world.
survive
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Only in Britain could the Jolly Griddle chain not only survive but prosper .
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She survived it all and prospered .
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He certainly survived and prospered , despite serving four monarchs with very different religious, and therefore iconographical, aims.
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Only the best operations will survive and prosper in the future for accident repair.
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Thirdly, the competitive nature of capitalism means that only the largest and most wealthy companies will survive and prosper .
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The principle is simple: the way to survive and prosper is to gain maximum production at minimum cost.
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Needless to say, some did survive and prosper .
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I might even survive and prosper .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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India's software companies have prospered by keeping costs to a bare minimum.
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Over the next few years, our little bar prospered and grew in popularity.
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The children seemed to prosper under their grandparent's care.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He did not prosper , and moved to Burgh-by-Sands, near Carlisle.
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If some one like Sam Nunn from my home state were to be president our cause would prosper .
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If you repeat the basics faithfully, your business will prosper .
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Lower inflation and a stable climate for industry to plan and prosper will lead to long-term prosperity.
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The Mormon cause prospered on controversy.
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Thereafter he prospered as a royal attendant, who at times served on campaign, and as a county magnate.
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They prospered and employed many poor in and near London to dress flax, until the Netherlanders brought in dressed flax.
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Thirty years ago, interstate interchanges helped many communities to prosper , while those on backroads stagnated.