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
One resourceful backpacker invented this coupler for refilling miniature toothpaste tubes from full-sized ones.
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Zoe Gates, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
Raquel is resourceful and has made the best of her situation, parlaying the social capital of being a firefighter’s widow into a lucrative career as a grief influencer and star of Black Veil, a reality series dedicated to helping widows find their own second chances at love.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Giblet Gravy Southerns are famously resourceful in the kitchen.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
Metcalfe Park residents are proving resourceful in the face of a shrinking food landscape, finding workarounds in a neighborhood where buying dinner now means navigating higher prices, limited options and long trips for fresh food.
—April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Zoe Gates, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
Raquel is resourceful and has made the best of her situation, parlaying the social capital of being a firefighter’s widow into a lucrative career as a grief influencer and star of Black Veil, a reality series dedicated to helping widows find their own second chances at love.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Giblet Gravy Southerns are famously resourceful in the kitchen.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
Metcalfe Park residents are proving resourceful in the face of a shrinking food landscape, finding workarounds in a neighborhood where buying dinner now means navigating higher prices, limited options and long trips for fresh food.
—April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resourceful
Adjective
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Snider navigates the complex intersections of addiction with class, sexuality, masculinity, and family bonds with skilled generosity in this powerful fourth collection.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The older de Ridder, who turns 23 in January, is originally from Belgium and was one of the best young players in the tough Spanish ACB last season as a skilled four who can defend, move without the ball and knock down shots from the perimeter.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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For the first time, a machine was able to do what only intelligent humans had previously done.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Nov. 2025
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Humans have a much larger neocortex than other animals, relative to body size, and the species with the largest neocortices—elephants, dolphins, gorillas, chimpanzees, dogs—are among the most intelligent.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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A lot of clever stuff goes into this.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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This clever coffee table’s top lifts smoothly and locks into place to create a dining area or workspace.—
Shea Simmons,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Richard Mille dropped a world timer with an ingenious time-zone setting mechanism.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
31 Oct. 2025
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Some are borderline ingenious, while others seem more like marketing gimmicks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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These reasons would suggest that the highest rates of NEET youth would be among those with fewer job opportunities, the less educated, and women.—
Kathryn Anne Edwards,
Twin Cities,
27 Oct. 2025
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Even without another industrial revolution, new technologies are improving daily life, and humanity is healthier and more educated than ever.—
Michael Beckley,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Lindsay, our costume designer, was brilliant.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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At its center is a mysterious oligarch whose influence stretches across Manhattan and beyond – protected by a network of fixers, enablers and a brilliant young strategist.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Every gardener knows that judicious pruning will revive and energize a plant, which can otherwise end up strangled by its own congested foliage.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Oct. 2025
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His recommendation directly contradicts the current medical consensus that judicious Tylenol use in pregnancy remains safe.—
Edith Bracho-Sanchez,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Much scholarly attention is also paid to the science of electrical storage, enabling a body to function as a permanently recharged battery, and to the use of an enormous lightning-rod mechanism, which will harness lightning from atop an isolated tower, where Victor conducts his experiments.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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The study, published on the open-access scholarly article archive, arxiv, has not yet been peer-reviewed.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Resourceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resourceful. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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