Lush
Lush adjective - Marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically.
Usage example: those were lush times for the gambling industry, which kept building ever grander casinos
Thriving
Thriving adjective - Marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically.
Usage example: a thriving manufacturing community that is experiencing a tremendous growth in new jobs
Lush is a synonym for thriving in luxuriant topic. You can use "Lush" instead an adjective "Thriving", if it concerns topics such as growing.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Camp Green Lake once used to be a lush lake with a thriving town, but the town dried up with the lake, leaving only a barren wasteland.
Source: Literature / Holes
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