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
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.
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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
Fun fact: People born in the Year of the Snake are said to be wise, observant and resourceful, but can also be possessive, cautious and secretive, per the Chinese Language Institute.
—Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
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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
Fun fact: People born in the Year of the Snake are said to be wise, observant and resourceful, but can also be possessive, cautious and secretive, per the Chinese Language Institute.
—Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resourceful
Adjective
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The roster features skilled players who have to be ambitious enough to recognize the awareness of always being secondary in the show.—
Jason Jones,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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The skilled stars perfectly strike the blend of comedic relief and moving moments of wisdom.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Chahine is clearly an intelligent person, and his experience in finance has obviously helped him during this esports journey, making decisions that traditional esports execs may not have made.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes,
8 Feb. 2025
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At once personal yet scientific, richly informative and beautifully written, The Genius of Birds celebrates the triumphs of these surprising and fiercely intelligent creatures.—
Kevin Spencer,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Anyone who thinks this is funny or clever needs to listen more and talk less.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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Scammers are getting more clever all the time and I’ve almost been fooled by a few of them.—
Jason Ogaard,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Then came an ingenious solution: Maybe that new parameter represented a new quantum field, and interactions with that field naturally produced the symmetry.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Despite its mishmash design, the show is fun and finely tuned, and its structure of building each episode towards a classic game of Deal or No Deal is kind of ingenious.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
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Asian-Americans are one of the most educated and economically successful demographic groups in the United States, with significant representation in fields such as technology, medicine, engineering, and finance.—
John Wang,
New York Daily News,
2 Feb. 2025
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Critical thinking allows individuals to make educated decisions based on hard data rather than emotion.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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That would already warrant a warm welcome, but the entire necklace featured more than 2,300 diamonds in pear, brilliant and baguette cuts in a white gold ribbon that frames the neck.—
Lily Templeton,
WWD,
10 Feb. 2025
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If beating Brentford and its reward, a game against arguably the best club team on the planet right now, are the brilliant bits of a life in football, what happened shortly after this interview must be one of those head-in-oven/feet-in-freezer moments.—
Matt Slater,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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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The answer: by gaining access to the Quintanilla family’s personal archives and forging judicious thematic threads with the material — much of which has never been made public before.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Both winners will be announced at the FICA ceremony, establishing a new platform for recognizing both creative and scholarly contributions to regional cinema.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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About 119,000 scholarly journal articles and conference papers are published globally every week, or more than 6 million a year.—
Guillaume Cabanac,
The Conversation,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Resourceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resourceful. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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