as in skilled
able to deal well with new or difficult situations and to find solutions to problems
a resourceful leader
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Recent Examples of resourceful
Put a budget together, cap your daily expenditures and be resourceful when using your time to improve your health with little to no cost.
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
The rising cost of goods encourages us to be more resourceful, minimizing waste, recycling and donating whenever possible.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2024
Living in Lebanon and Afghanistan was supposed to have made Hal and Kate more empathetic and resourceful, but their descriptions of that region are either traumatized or patronizing.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
While resourceful, these methods just don’t cut it.
—Annie Blay, Allure, 11 Oct. 2024
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
The rising cost of goods encourages us to be more resourceful, minimizing waste, recycling and donating whenever possible.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2024
Living in Lebanon and Afghanistan was supposed to have made Hal and Kate more empathetic and resourceful, but their descriptions of that region are either traumatized or patronizing.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
While resourceful, these methods just don’t cut it.
—Annie Blay, Allure, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resourceful
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That’s possible because North America also has the world’s best higher education and skilled labor pool.Chris Turlica, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Mansouri added that Australia’s migration system emphasizes skilled migration and targets individuals with experience and qualifications in high-demand occupations.Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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Every effort is a step toward raising emotional intelligent children.Kelsey Mora, Contributor, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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By using sound location detection, intelligent voiceprint as well as face, body, and lip recognition technology, Connect tracks the speaker and keeps them center stage with great accuracy.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Walz’s work relies on manipulating online databases, but, like the work of MSCHF, his most clever projects bleed into the real world.Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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For port days, there are shore excursions that cater to families, and the rooms have several clever arrangements like a bunk that comes out of the ceiling.Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
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Buy Now 18 of 29 'James' by Percival Everett This ingenious riff on Huckleberry Finn as told by Jim, follows the enslaved man who rafts with Huck down the Mississippi, from the author behind American Fiction.Rachel Flynn, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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Give your favorite home cook a break from fragrant garlic fingers with this ingenious gadget from Oxo.Carly Monardo, Bon Appétit, 3 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The share of non-Latino white residents dropped from 61% to 54%, and the county has gotten more educated and wealthier, according to the Census Bureau.Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Notably, the demographic profile of those leaving reveals the departure of Israel’s most educated and economically mobile citizens.Samuel Burke, Fortune Europe, 27 Nov. 2024
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Waning crescent moon, Venus and Regulus Those on the East Coast who look up and to the east Sept. 19 about 45 minutes before sunrise will see a crescent moon, Venus and brilliant star Regulus aligned.Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Sherwood then iced the game with a brilliant defensive play while protecting the late 2-0 lead.Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Conclusion Being judicious about allocating resources is one of the most important jobs for C-suite technology leaders.Chris Dimitriadis, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Sony is similarly judicious with motion smoothing, which irons out choppier images and hard camera pans effectively on the lowest settings, without making film content look weird.Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2024
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As higher education continued to develop, facilities and programs burnished scholarly reputations as modern universities emerged in cities like Paris and Bologna.Brian Mitchell, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Young Ed Klum was musical, scholarly, and athletic.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Resourceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resourceful. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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