How to Use prosperity in a Sentence

prosperity

noun
  • This is not a sign of healthy prosperity.
    — Tom Debley, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
  • Trump promised strength and prosperity from his trade wars.
    — Linda Sánchez, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
  • Add this living tree to your home to bring a year of prosperity.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Oil gushing from the ground and all of that still calls to mind prosperity.
    — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The fruit which brought the most prosperity to Pearland was not the pear.
    — Jaimy Jones, Houston Chronicle, 19 June 2018
  • And like any good quasi-prosperity gospel, a sweeper has to get her mind right.
    — Katherine Lucky, The New Republic, 14 May 2021
  • But then the peony is for prosperity, good luck, and good health.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • First, the two-car garage was the sign of middle class prosperity.
    — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 12 June 2018
  • Pink lilies add a note of prosperity and good fortune.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Peace and prosperity were the goals.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Plus a double rainbow to show a sign of prosperity and all the life that is to come.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • All of those things need to be looked at to ensure freedom and prosperity.
    — Annie Geng, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Let the colors of Holi bring joy and prosperity to your homes and lives.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Because that for us is prosperity and hope.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • But the prosperity brought by tourism has not extended to the hill farms.
    — Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The prosperity of this top cohort is not driven by wage growth.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • One is our mission, which is to power prosperity around the world.
    — Karen Walker, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • Black-eyed peas, cornbread, and pork are musts, as they are said to bring wealth, prosperity, and progress.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
  • The lion dance is performed to bring good luck and prosperity.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Most young people are told the path to prosperity is to study hard, maybe go to college, and get a grad job.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Not only in terms of prosperity but also about hope.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Who is working to make sure that all people in this country can get on a path to prosperity.
    — Owen Hayes, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Both programs want the game itself to serve as the gateway to a new decade of prosperity.
    — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 1 Jan. 2020
  • The structures are a relic of a past era of prosperity for the small boomtown.
    — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The need to create shared prosperity is growing more acute.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • These kind of closing are viewed as a one-off exception to the rule of prosperity.
    — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 29 Nov. 2018
  • Harsh reforms led to bursts of prosperity.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Other fruit is lucky because of its name—the word for pomelo sounds like the one for prosperity.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Over the past few years, the belief that an office job was a sure path to prosperity has been shaken.
    — Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There is no health, no music, no business, and no prosperity on a dead planet.
    — Ellie Goulding, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025

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