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as in successful
having attained a desired end or state of good fortune
they knew her in her palmy days when she was living high
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as in thriving
marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically
a palmy suburb with lots of new homes and shopping malls
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Recent Examples of palmy
Serve a crisp cookie with each serving, such as a butter cookie or palmier.
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Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 22 Oct. 2024
The restaurant serves meat but is known for its palmy vegetables—roasted, smoked, fermented, braised; dished out with plenty of nuts, herbs, seeds, and cheeses.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
In palmier times, the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, appeared at a Russian cultural center in the capital of the Central African Republic, sitting with schoolchildren and promising them free laptops.
—Elian Peltier Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
Painters draw them against tropical, palmy backgrounds.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
In the century that followed, Carter’s house was turned into a museum with a green, palmy garden, thanks to water brought in from the Nile.
—Vivian Yee, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 22 Oct. 2024
The restaurant serves meat but is known for its palmy vegetables—roasted, smoked, fermented, braised; dished out with plenty of nuts, herbs, seeds, and cheeses.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
In palmier times, the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, appeared at a Russian cultural center in the capital of the Central African Republic, sitting with schoolchildren and promising them free laptops.
—Elian Peltier Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
Painters draw them against tropical, palmy backgrounds.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
In the century that followed, Carter’s house was turned into a museum with a green, palmy garden, thanks to water brought in from the Nile.
—Vivian Yee, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
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Classical computing can handle data-heavy preprocessing tasks, which are crucial for successful quantum applications.Yuval Boger, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Russian counteroffensives, while successful in halting Ukraine's advances and pushing its soldiers out of the territory gained in the first few weeks, have so far failed to entirely repel Kyiv back to its borders.Hugh Cameron, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Another member, who runs a thriving real estate development company with his family, relied on Quintessentially to help book meal and hotel reservations on a recent six-week-long work trip through the Middle East and Asia.Brienne Walsh, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of businesses like ours flourish in a thriving production environment.Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
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The parallels between agricultural practices and prosperous business strategies are rooted in flexibility and the ability to innovate in response to challenges.Stefano Carganico, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Before the war, many of the Christians in Gaza were successful professionals who lived in Rimal, a once prosperous neighborhood in Gaza City.Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Made using a French choux-style pastry of butter, flour, and eggs that is cooked on the stove top, these crab puffs get piped onto a sheet pan, then baked until golden brown and perfectly airy and crisp.Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
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However, America’s golden girls aren’t the only Olympians taking to the collegiate stage.Caroline Price, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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With a booming voice that lacks a filter, Toyn relays court life by mimicking various characters, including Idiot Judge, Pretentious Barrister, Moaning Gen Z, and Miscellaneous Drunk.Longreads, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
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That increase could be due to growing financial literacy and a greater presence of Latinos in booming industries like fintech, Chaia says.Marina E. Franco (Noticias Telemundo for Axios), Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Spa The Eden Rock spa is a halcyon hideaway built into the rocks.Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
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Stinger is set in a failing Texas town called Inferno that has all sorts of gang problems, but Teacup opens in a much more halcyon setting: a little rural ranch in Georgia inhabited by a happy family.James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Palmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palmy. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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