resourceful

re·source·ful | \ ri-ˈsȯrs-fəl

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Definition of resourceful

: able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means a resourceful leader

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Recent Examples on the Web Barnali Choudhury, a law professor at the UCL Faculty of Laws in London, compares corporate directors to the resourceful main character Truffaldino in The Servant of Two Masters, an Italian comedy written in 1746. — Peter Coy, Bloomberg.com, "A Sign the ESG Movement Is Too Big to Ignore: There’s Backlash," 22 Dec. 2020 But the offense has been resourceful, cutting down on the turnovers and demonstrating red zone efficiency that is sorely needed with six of New York’s past seven games decided by 3 points or less. — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, "NFL Week 13 roundtable: Who's getting the most out of the least?," 7 Dec. 2020 Be resourceful and find creative ways to enjoy the holiday. — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, "Horoscope for Dec. 31, 2020: Happy birthday Bebe Neuwirth; Capricorn, invent new traditions," 31 Dec. 2020 There are outcasts and misfits of all sorts: hermits, prostitutes, winos, orphans, clairvoyants, gamblers and, not least, resourceful women of all stripes, but mostly poor and rural, in every conceivable predicament. — Eddie Dean, WSJ, "Here She Comes Again: Reading Dolly Parton," 31 Dec. 2020 But, resourceful and clever, and with a taste for the theatrical, Hoare pressed on with his D.I.Y. intrigue. — Reginald Dwayne Betts Kiese Makeba Laymon Carina Del Valle Schorske Dessa Irina Aleksander Sam Dolnick Mark Binelli Maggie Jones Rob Hoerburger Jamie Lauren Keiles Devin Gordon Jazmine Hughes Jenna Wortham Jade Chang Taffy Brodesser-akner Kaitlyn Greenidge Rowan Ricardo Phillips Michael Paterniti Wesley Morris Ismail Muhammad Anthony Giardina, New York Times, "Remembering some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in the past year.," 23 Dec. 2020 The situation in Cullman and around the state shows how resourceful hospitals have become in the face of COVID. — al, "Cullman hospital ICU hits 150 percent of capacity due to COVID; ‘Getting close to overflowing’," 21 Dec. 2020 Smart, relevant and genuinely scary, this creepy-funny sleeper hit on the Shudder channel led to a deal with Blumhouse and marked Savage as perhaps the most resourceful filmmaker of the lockdown era. — Washington Post, "Best movies of 2020: Diverse thrills, chills, Dickensian laughs and a pandemic-friendly trip to Greece," 8 Dec. 2020 Gelormino and Presti stressed that their frustrations are not with the New York Police Department (NYPD), which Presti said have been resourceful throughout the ordeal. — Fox News, "Staten Island bar co-owner speaks out after arrest for defying New York COVID-19 orders," 3 Dec. 2020

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“Resourceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resourceful. Accessed 22 Jan. 2021.

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