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
The opposition remained a minority, but a verbally resourceful one.
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Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
However, without the power of time travel, Lesch will never know whether this is in fact the start of a domestication process for these resourceful critters.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
This isn’t the universe punishing you, but encouraging you to be resourceful and always save for a rainy day.
—Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Her resourceful mother dutifully sewed many of her clothes.
—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
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Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
However, without the power of time travel, Lesch will never know whether this is in fact the start of a domestication process for these resourceful critters.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
This isn’t the universe punishing you, but encouraging you to be resourceful and always save for a rainy day.
—Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Her resourceful mother dutifully sewed many of her clothes.
—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resourceful
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The shift toward high-skilled gig work is a response to a volatile labor market where even professional skills aren’t enough to ensure a worker’s job security.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Ensure a steady pipeline of skilled workers who are capable of navigating challenges and changing market conditions — driving innovation and maintaining organizational stability.—
Karen Hinds,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
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Caterpillar’s intelligent product lineup spans core construction and earthmoving equipment, along with connected site systems.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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Conversely, if these foundations can be reinforced, even partially, the intelligent age may yet fulfil its promise of progress.—
Klaus Schwab,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Each clever accessory is under $15 — that’s less than the cost of a sandwich special at my favorite deli.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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With two bedrooms and two baths, the home is surprisingly expansive, boasting just under 2,400 square feet across its clever layout.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Boston Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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So our ingenious answer is to make Idaho the only state with firing squad as its preferred execution method?—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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Their work was defined by stressfully cascading plots, breathless energy and ingenious street-level filmmaking, both in the casting (led by Safdie’s longtime colleague Jennifer Venditti) and actual shooting locations.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Jan. 2026
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One of the mistakes Americans made in Iraq was to believe that the Iraq of the 1970s—highly educated, generally secular, with functioning bureaucracies—still existed.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2026
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For decades, scientists have had to make educated guesses about conditions under the shelves that buttress Antarctica’s massive glaciers.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Dec. 2025
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The third-year quarterback was brilliant, going 15-of-20 for 206 yards and three touchdowns.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Their effort to find a home in Overtown seemed futile until Miami-Dade County Commissioner Keon Hardemon, who grew up in Liberty City, conceived a brilliant idea.—
Dorothy Jenkins Fields,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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With funding from the American Field Service, Cowley began graduate studies in French literature at the University of Montpellier, returning to Paris regularly for doses of Surrealism, Dadaism, and judicious debauch.—
Vince Passaro,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Drizzle with a judicious amount of chili oil (or pass chili oil at the table and have diners drizzle on the hot stuff to suit their taste).—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
24 Nov. 2025
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Oasis Tutoring is just one component of the national Oasis program, which connects trained volunteers, typically aged 50-plus, with students needing help across the Ramona Unified School District.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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