flourish

1 - Science plays have a long history, but today they are flourishing, both in quantity and quality, as never before.

2 - The abundant natural resources on earth have created an environment in which humankind has been able not merely to survive but to flourish.

3 - Car industry had been flourishing rapidly until the government imposed a high tax on the sale of imported cars.

4 - With the growth of ancient empires, development of travel began to flourish as people had to travel between central government and outlying territories.

5 - The size of the drugs haul shows that the international trade in heroin is still flourishing.