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Recent Examples of resourcefulness
The movie’s loveliest section is when Abslam starts to see her with new eyes, admiring her resourcefulness as a gentle romance blooms.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
The Gombe chimps taught her much about life, love and resourcefulness.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Traveling alone has taught me resilience, resourcefulness, and a deep appreciation for the unexpected.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
Even the acronym of GPS jibed with her view of how a kid’s own resourcefulness could be used as an inner compass.
—Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
The metaphor speaks to survival, resourcefulness, and endurance.
—Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
But his approach to sourcing the best vintage requires a little more resourcefulness—and travel.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
With its mad, unbridled ambition, vision, and resourcefulness (staggeringly, this grand saga was shot in just over a month with a budget of under $10 million), there was no bigger swing at Venice.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
This house is known for its resourcefulness and leadership skills.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
The Gombe chimps taught her much about life, love and resourcefulness.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Traveling alone has taught me resilience, resourcefulness, and a deep appreciation for the unexpected.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
Even the acronym of GPS jibed with her view of how a kid’s own resourcefulness could be used as an inner compass.
—Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
The metaphor speaks to survival, resourcefulness, and endurance.
—Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
But his approach to sourcing the best vintage requires a little more resourcefulness—and travel.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
With its mad, unbridled ambition, vision, and resourcefulness (staggeringly, this grand saga was shot in just over a month with a budget of under $10 million), there was no bigger swing at Venice.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
This house is known for its resourcefulness and leadership skills.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resourcefulness
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In fact, the billionaire uses the generative technology to generate meeting summaries, project updates, monitor productivity, and more.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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Webb revealed that the robots require skilled technicians to help upskill the renewable workforce and boost productivity.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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The South Bronx was also a fount of artistic fecundity, where poets, musicians, artists, and dancers created hip-hop.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Today, the company builds structures with each one shaped by the same ingenuity and care that defined its first.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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That ingenuity extends to creating scales for what has yet to be measured.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
1 Oct. 2025
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To explain these distortions, experts speculate that the figures served as fertility talismans—designed to maximize those parts of the body that evolution has encoded us to see as signs of optimal child-bearers.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Clark, who was not involved in the new study, said although the research is an impressive advancement, the technology in its current form would not work as a fertility treatment.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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In all of these places, the broad availability of talent—whether as founders, knowledge workers, or highly skilled blue-collar workers—is viewed as one core element of the corporate ecosystem’s success.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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In conversation, Blunt’s admiration for Johnson is clear, and so is her interest in making sure other people recognize his talents and capabilities.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Oct. 2025
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But when talking about fashion, creativity has to be the leading force and the most relevant force.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
4 Oct. 2025
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Presented by the Savannah College of Art and Design, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival is filled with cinematic creativity from award-winning professionals and emerging student filmmakers.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Resourcefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resourcefulness. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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