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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
In this grueling war of attrition, both sides have had to become resourceful.
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Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Ron Javor, who was staff counsel and deputy director of HCD, said that Bates was a resourceful leader.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
The Accademia del Tiramisu traces the dessert’s history to an 1800s brothel, where legend is a resourceful madame mixed up an aphrodisiac confection for her clients.
—Erica Firpo, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2026
The ever-resourceful Colette took a job as a music hall performer, which inspired her books The Vagabond (1910) and Music-Hall Sidelights (1913).
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
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Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Ron Javor, who was staff counsel and deputy director of HCD, said that Bates was a resourceful leader.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
The Accademia del Tiramisu traces the dessert’s history to an 1800s brothel, where legend is a resourceful madame mixed up an aphrodisiac confection for her clients.
—Erica Firpo, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2026
The ever-resourceful Colette took a job as a music hall performer, which inspired her books The Vagabond (1910) and Music-Hall Sidelights (1913).
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resourceful
Adjective
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But he’s proven to be a skilled attacking midfielder, capable of outgunning players twice his age.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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The open-border policy has allowed organizations to recruit skilled talent from neighboring European countries, and many sectors now rely on foreign workers.—
Sam Forsdick,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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In an age of intelligent machines, who gets to decide what is orthodox remains one of the most important questions a free society can ask.—
Joseph Andrew,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Evangeline is an incredibly intelligent, talented, and heart-centered badass with the perfect voice for the project.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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The trouble is that the clever work is the part the market actually values.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Perspective widens as the intuitive Moon moves through your 9th House of Exploration, sextiling clever Mercury in your 11th House of Friendship.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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The complex was impressive and ingenious feat of engineering.—
Pavlo Fedykovych,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Shot in Technicolor, occurring in real time, and edited to appear as four long takes, everything from Birdman (2014) to The Bear likely wouldn't exist without Hitchcock's ingenious work here circa 1940.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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They were meant to be read and thought about by an interested and educated public, as the authors understood the importance of public opinion not simply to the ratification process but to any democratic system.—
Jordan Cash,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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The Bay Area’s suburban population of some 5 million also has become increasingly diverse, educated and affluent.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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And these regions are brilliant.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
14 June 2026
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With first-half injury time winding down, Malik Tillman weighted a long pass to a streaking Balogun, who held up to create space and fired a brilliant shot into the far top corner.—
Greg Beacham,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
Adjective
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The bottom line Borrowers need to be judicious in their mortgage rate approach as the June Fed meeting looms.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Patton’s judicious use of effects and vocal timbres maximizes the Avetts’ various mise-en-scène atmospheres.—
Jason Pettigrew,
SPIN,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Hundreds of millions of people are using its generative AI tools each week, so people are beginning to tap into the power of these generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) and large language models (LLMs).—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Even trained and experienced guides may violate emotional or interpersonal boundaries of participants, who are in vulnerable and suggestible states brought on by the effects of the drugs themselves.—
Erica Rex,
STAT,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Resourceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resourceful. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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