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
From Costco and Walmart egg prices to social media food trends, the egg crisis has prompted resourceful responses from households nationwide.
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Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
With access to an online population of one billion and an army of hard-working, resourceful engineers, China’s internet platforms are world-class in their design, functionality and user experience — as is demonstrated by TikTok and now by RedNote, or Xiaohongshu in Chinese.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Onto the page spilled more than ten thousand lines of the richest and most resourceful blank verse in the English language, arranged into ten books in 1667, then rearranged into twelve in 1674.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
This Peter is resourceful in creating his homemade suit.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2025
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Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
With access to an online population of one billion and an army of hard-working, resourceful engineers, China’s internet platforms are world-class in their design, functionality and user experience — as is demonstrated by TikTok and now by RedNote, or Xiaohongshu in Chinese.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Onto the page spilled more than ten thousand lines of the richest and most resourceful blank verse in the English language, arranged into ten books in 1667, then rearranged into twelve in 1674.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
This Peter is resourceful in creating his homemade suit.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resourceful
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For highly skilled job seekers, the choice is obvious.—
Sarah Elk,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Truly skilled, effective coaches don’t need to call their players names and berate them for messing up and know that doing so makes players afraid to take risks and be creative, critical parts of being a great soccer player.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Any edge comes from their regular scene partners: Wilson’s believably unpleasant demeanor, Bratt’s vulnerable charm, Scott’s lo-fi depression and, most appealingly, Driver’s intelligent wariness.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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The application can generate unit test cases, propose intelligent code fixes and answer some coding queries, including refactoring.—
Bankim Chandra,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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More News: William Byron Just Pulled Off a Daytona 500 Feat Only Four Others Have Speaking about the incident in an interview, Byron seemed amused by the clever digital jest.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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For over 24 years, the agency has built a reputation based upon more than clever design and digital technology - it is cemented in the fact that its creative marketing programs get results for clients both big and small, from small business startups to Fortune 500s.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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An arrangement by Thomas Adès of Conlon Nancarrow’s Study No. 6, one of his ingenious player-piano exercises, somehow transformed complex rhythmic layerings into a blithe, tipsy rumba.—
Zachary Woolfe,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Nature's ingenious design Pine cones have these amazing scales that respond to moisture.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
6 Feb. 2025
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As a result, those killed and wounded tended to come from less educated and less affluent communities.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Since birthrate declines commenced with the socioeconomic rise of the West—and since the planet is becoming ever richer, healthier, more educated, and more urbanized—many observers presume lower birthrates are simply the direct consequence of material advances.—
Nicholas Eberstadt,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Oct. 2024
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The story turns on brilliant scientist Rebecca Abrams (47), who experiences a career setback after anonymous allegations of abuses of power are brought against her.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2025
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Using a combination of many brilliant innovations, and among other accomplishments, DeepSeek was able to reduce the cost of inference or thinking by a substantial amount.—
Philip Maymin,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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So Bell's instincts were judicious, even if that meant that Sunday's 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards (which Bell is both hosting and among the nominees) was canceled.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Adding an onion, a few cloves of garlic, a spoonful of peppercorns, and a bay leaf won’t hurt, but be judicious with seasonings.—
Alexis deBoschnek,
Bon Appétit,
5 Feb. 2025
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Do Women Need More Sleep Than Men? Which scholarly pathways in African American history have been an exciting surprise to you?—
New York Times,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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His scholarly work has been published in academic and management journals such as Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and California Management Review.—
Christopher P. Blocker,
Joseph P. Cannon,
Jonathan Z. Zhang,
Harvard Business Review,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Resourceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resourceful. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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