adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a successful/profitable/thriving business
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Within a few years she had established a thriving business in London.
a thriving community (= a community which is successful )
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In the past the village was a thriving community with a number of shops.
a thriving industry (= one that is doing very well )
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Software development soon became a thriving industry in the area.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
business
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This developed into a thriving business .
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He had a thriving business , a good life by any standard.
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She now has a thriving business and is constantly in demand.
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The inquest at Southport heard how Mr Ryder ran a thriving business .
community
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At one time the village was owned by the Wilberforce family and during this period it was a thriving community .
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The small, thriving community has been devastated.
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Nothing was said about the good, about the thriving community work and the community centre.
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Originally named Sudtone, or South town, it was a thriving community long before the city of Hull was in existence.
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Forty-five years later Erika Barnes has been back to the village, now a thriving community .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He expanded the shipping trade and left a thriving business to his son.
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the thriving fast-food and soft drinks industry
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the country's thriving oil industry
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The nearby malls are thriving , and there's no need for another regional shopping centre.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However, the hard work paid off and all the staff can now feel proud of these thriving and beautiful birds.
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It is now a thriving township of 12,000 people in the heart of the country's best agricultural land.
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None the less, in a just and thriving economy, an effective criminal justice system has important functions to perform.
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The village hall, built in 1912, is a busy and thriving place.