How to Use resource in a Sentence

resource

noun
  • Oil is essentially their only resource.
  • The computer laboratory is an essential resource for students.
  • If the world needed oil, that would be a large resource area to go to.
    CBS News, 21 July 2021
  • This despite living in one of the most resource-rich places in the world.
    Benjamin Maiangwa, Quartz Africa, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The campaign against the head tax had far more resources than the campaign for it.
    Alana Semuels, The Atlantic, 13 June 2018
  • Sharing resources in friendship could be the news of the day.
    USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
  • The goal was to give the IRS the resources to enforce the law against those most prone to cheat on their taxes — the rich.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Yet the states don't have the resources to pick up that slack, either, the report said.
    Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Mitchell said the main struggle was the limited amount of resources at the time.
    Kaila Contreras, Houston Chronicle, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Because of the size of the building, the fire went to a third alarm, which summoned more resources to help.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Labour, like data, is a resource that is hard to pin down.
    The Economist, 7 July 2018
  • The right group needs to come up with the right solution and find the right resources to make this happen.
    Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2018
  • Castet’s team also didn’t want to make any resource too hard to find.
    WIRED, 27 Mar. 2023
  • These allow a task to have the exclusive use of a resource.
    Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Stover said Meek was a great resource for him during the season.
    al, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Now is the time to take advantage of all the resources available to get rid of malaria for good.
    Erin M. Stuckey, Time, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Perhaps no Burmese resource has both blessed and cursed the nation more than jade.
    Tom Nagorski, WSJ, 4 June 2021
  • Don’t strive to be the cheapest management resource or the flashiest.
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
  • At the same time, the memo does not call for additional resources.
    Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Tercyak, whose home overlooks the pond, called the park a valuable resource for the region.
    Don Stacom, courant.com, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The campaign is aimed at bringing more resources to the families who need it the most.
    Terri Huggins Hart, Parents, 12 Oct. 2023
  • But their resources have been greatly reduced over the years.
    The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 1 May 2018
  • Directing them to this resource would be a great start.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Now, prepare for a week that could bring even more tremendous changes to your resources!
    Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Many can be viewed anew at online resources like the Thanatos Archive.
    Nancy West, The Atlantic, 19 July 2017
  • So, one of our goals is to send a lot of resources up front to minimize the size of any incident.
    Jessica York, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2019
  • In this new phase, your goal should be to act as a resource rather than trying to manage your child’s life.
    Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Our resources are not equipped to be able to handle that number of people.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The emergence of the agent reflects both current market conditions—notably, the shift in attention and resources to living artists—and a longer-term drift away from art’s church-and-state separation from commerce.
    Natasha Degen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Information about mental health resources could be made available, and teams could be reminded of them regularly.
    Wayne Elsey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024

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