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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'let alone thrive' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the difficulty or improbability of something occurring. For example: "It’s difficult enough to keep a plant alive, let alone thrive."
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How do Nigerians survive in their own country, let alone thrive?
The economy is hard pressed to function, let alone thrive, when house prices are falling.
It is very difficult to survive in F1, let alone thrive.
In the handicapping of likely winners and losers in 2005, Netflix seemed unlikely to survive, let alone thrive.
Unfortunately, more and more of them are reporting that they feel unable to cope, let alone thrive.
If you want to survive, let alone thrive, you must be one of the world's biggest players.
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I know it's April, but Gattis is lucky to be on the field, let alone thriving on it.
It's a young company and even surviving, let alone thriving, for this long in a tough business is worthy of respect.
In other words, it is hard to imagine an oppositional artist like Mr. Jarman emerging, let alone thriving, in the current climate.
He remembers all the cues — from the teacher who told him he should have a Plan B in life — that remind him of the enormous odds against making it to the major leagues, let alone thriving there.
That their art survives at all, let alone thrives and is admired around the world, may be a true Dream Time miracle.
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