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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Collaborating with industry leaders, academic institutions and others to ensure Iowa develops a skilled workforce for the growing nuclear energy sector.—
Marissa Payne,
Des Moines Register,
6 Jan. 2026
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The only problem is that Mason Graham, Carson Schwesinger, Quinshon Judkins and Harold Fannin aren’t skilled at throwing passes or blocking defensive linemen.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The aquatic mammals, Hadsel says, are so intelligent and have such strong sensory organs that they can be taught to recover human remains.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
11 Nov. 2025
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In the summer of '38, only the very intelligent people knew what was coming.—
Liz McNeil,
PEOPLE,
11 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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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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That’s why ingenious outdoor types spend hours looking at the dying embers.—
Simon Heptinstall
December 31,
New Atlas,
31 Dec. 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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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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“Resourceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resourceful. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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