resourcefulness

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Recent Examples of resourcefulness For a lot of Gen Z, sharing an affordable discovery has become its own way to flex style, resourcefulness and taste all at once. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026 For brand strategists, that points to a bifurcated market where prestige equity still commands a premium but messaging around resourcefulness and value is no longer a down-market cue. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Wilkoski said the materials for the original church demonstrated the resourcefulness of the congregants, who likely included carpenters with the skills necessary to build the church. — Nancy Jiang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 The initial euphoria in Israel over the resourcefulness of passengers and crew who saved a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv from crashing has faded, with attention shifting sharply to the apparent security failure that almost led to a catastrophe. — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Jaffe’s scientist is portrayed with the actor’s usual resourcefulness. — Thr Staff, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026 My father, the original entrepreneur in our family, taught me about hard work, generosity, communication, resourcefulness, and the importance of relationships. — Eric Becker, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026 For small-business owners, resourcefulness is the name of the game. — Light Oriye Tamunotonye, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026 By the end of this season of Furious, Alice has proved her wherewithal and resourcefulness to her superior, FBI agent Nora Washington (Quincy Tyler Bernstine). — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resourcefulness
Noun
  • As in the productivity and content creation tests, the Scar 18 wound up somewhere in the middle for most of our graphics benchmarks.
    — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Phase one is personal productivity, where individuals use AI to accomplish work faster.
    — Chris Koehler, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But those who crowded into Krasner’s 1958 show at Martha Jackson’s New York gallery, her first since Pollock’s death, encountered her Earth Green series—paintings that exploded in vibrant color and exuded life, sensuality, fecundity, and freedom.
    — Mary Gabriel, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026
  • But the fecundity of the land is no match for the Trasks’ failure to flourish.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Many other countries and even continents would kill to have this level of ingenuity on their shores.
    — Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The film gives Reynolds room to put that ingenuity to work, treating it as a matter of course.
    — Kristen Lopez, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • That regret is less visible online because men don’t tend to shout about failing fertility.
    — Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The winemaking team uses a herd of Texel sheep during the late winter and early spring to improve soil structure and fertility.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But the talent for going viral that helped Ramaswamy gain a national profile has proved less successful this election cycle in Ohio.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The right person would ably balance greenlight authority with maintaining Netflix’s biggest talent relationships.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • What is this false engine that’s also making a lot of creativity happen?
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Every single day, each person chooses how much of their energy, creativity, and discretionary effort to bring to work.
    — Deborah Lovich, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

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“Resourcefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resourcefulness. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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