94.
Solvent.
If a company is far from “flourishing” (prospering), it is not
doing well, even if the report “avers” (swears) that it is. “Solvent” means
profitable; a “not profitable” company is definitely not doing well. “Thriving”
is very tempting but ignores the expression “let alone flourishing.” The
correct use of the expression “not X, let alone Y” requires that X be at a lower
level or be an intermediate step towards Y, as in “The paper was not even
comprehensible, let alone informative.” Since “thriving” is on the same level
as “flourishing,” it can’t logically be used here. “Copious” (detailed),
“evasive,” and “unprecedented” don’t fit with “let alone flourishing” either.
95.
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