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
Young filmmakers today are resourceful, technically sophisticated, and globally connected.
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Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
17 June 2026
Were those 1914 Reds resourceful enough to throw eight hitless innings and still find a way to cough up 13 runs?
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Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
There’s plucky and resourceful Shu, who has an ear for useful gossip and who has fiercely protected her sisters all season long.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
Gray, one of our last great American traditionalists, has also become a particularly resourceful memoirist, though what’s onscreen never feels like a retread.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 May 2026
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Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
17 June 2026
Were those 1914 Reds resourceful enough to throw eight hitless innings and still find a way to cough up 13 runs?
—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
There’s plucky and resourceful Shu, who has an ear for useful gossip and who has fiercely protected her sisters all season long.
—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
Gray, one of our last great American traditionalists, has also become a particularly resourceful memoirist, though what’s onscreen never feels like a retread.
—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resourceful
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Olise had a right-footer from the top of the box in the opening 10 minutes that required a skilled save from goalkeeper Egil Selvik.
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Dashboards can help surface anomalies, a concentration ratio above target or a revenue trend breaking from projection, but a skilled investor still has to ask whether that pattern signals product-market fit or vulnerability.
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Alan was successful, intelligent, social and well-liked.
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Our goal is not to tell you what to think, but to give you the essential knowledge and understanding to come to your own intelligent conclusions.
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Instead of adding more junk to your drawers, these clever gadgets actually solve kitchen dilemmas we’re all faced with.
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Perhaps one of these seven recently-in-theaters flicks — including a blockbuster sequel, a clever piece of folk horror, a controversial biopic, and the latest from a British film legend.
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Water resistant, fade resistant, and made for outdoor use, the versatile footstool is an ingenious addition to a pool deck or patio.
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The critics lauded Boyles’ ingenious genre piece — a timely social critique that revived the zombie film — although some found the ending too optimistic.
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My super-duper smart friend Ben Affleck is very well educated on it and has just sold that company to Netflix.
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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.
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In late May, in broad daylight, residents across Massachusetts and beyond saw a brilliant flash in the sky, followed by two sonic booms that rattled windows, shook houses, and prompted a flood of 911 calls.
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To play that part is brilliant, and to work with [prosthetic designer] Mike Marino and do that whole thing with the makeup is amazing.
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The bottom line Borrowers need to be judicious in their mortgage rate approach as the June Fed meeting looms.
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Patton’s judicious use of effects and vocal timbres maximizes the Avetts’ various mise-en-scène atmospheres.
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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).
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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.
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“Resourceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resourceful. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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