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
This story has stuck with Becker over the years as a small-scale example of how to transform a space by simply being resourceful.
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Matt Minton, Variety, 21 Dec. 2024
Barito’s methods for creating that distortion are pretty resourceful, too.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Dec. 2024
But sales dipped the week before and after the sales event, the company said, suggesting how resourceful customers have become.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
For many CEOs, leadership was defined by heroes like James Bond—the powerful, resourceful figure who faced challenges with control, confidence, and all the right tools to succeed.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Matt Minton, Variety, 21 Dec. 2024
Barito’s methods for creating that distortion are pretty resourceful, too.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Dec. 2024
But sales dipped the week before and after the sales event, the company said, suggesting how resourceful customers have become.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
For many CEOs, leadership was defined by heroes like James Bond—the powerful, resourceful figure who faced challenges with control, confidence, and all the right tools to succeed.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resourceful
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Such trends have already been observed in studies of highly skilled immigrant labor – which can add an additional 6% in entrepreneurial activity to a city within three years.—
London School of Economics,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Feliz plays Samantha Reed who has been trained by her father to be a weapons expert, skilled martial artist and true chameleon all while hiding a mysterious past.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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The thing about Nickel Boys is its a film that is more intelligent than its maker.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2025
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The group argued that the elephants in the Colorado case, which were born in the wild in Africa, have displayed signs of brain damage because the zoo is essentially a prison for the intelligent and social animals that roam for miles a day in the wild.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
22 Jan. 2025
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So, when the planet's insides are on the outside, spectroscopy offers a clever way to see within terrestrial worlds.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Soderbergh—doing his own cinematography, as often, under the pseudonym Peter Andrews—crafts a clever style to develop the identification of the camera’s gaze with that of the haunting spirit.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Lady Jessica, Dune Lynch may have all but disowned Dune after battling with studio executives over the film’s final cut, but the sci-fi epic still serves as one of his most dazzling feats of costuming, thanks to the ingenious work of designer Bob Ringwood.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
17 Jan. 2025
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Using an ingenious strategy, Corbett positioned the villagers to create a human barrier, their loud shouts and pounding drums designed to flush the tiger out of hiding.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Midway between Nashville and Memphis, the region’s demographics skew older, whiter, poorer and less educated than the state’s averages.—
John Branch,
New York Times,
24 Nov. 2024
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The key is to find people who can make educated guesses, not just take shots in the dark.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Alexander Grothendieck, who was among the most brilliant mathematicians of the 20th century.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
17 Jan. 2025
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The highs and lows of that whirlwind experience are captured in brilliant detail on You Are the Morning, her debut album released on Friday (Jan. 17).—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
17 Jan. 2025
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Ensuring judicious deployment of enforcement resources.—
Alexandra Andhov,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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In such cases, judicious marksmanship would be greatly appreciated.—
Harper's Magazine,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Hudson’s bandmates—the guitarist Robbie Robertson, the drummer Levon Helm, the bassist Rick Danko, and the pianist and multi-instrumentalist Richard Manuel—often described him as scholarly, nimble, and discerning, a professor type at loose in a scene dominated by beautiful buffoons.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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Laymon said the suffrage monument on the Mall will draw on the diverse perspectives of its board and scholarly advisers, as well as the public.—
Jennifer Schuessler,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Resourceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resourceful. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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