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
Zoe Saldaña, nominated for best supporting actress, has already won a Golden Globe and a Cannes acting award for her tour de force turn as Emilia’s resourceful lawyer, Rita Mora Castro — the first major prizes for the shamefully underrated performer.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
From the slums of Victorian London, the Baker Street Four of the series are Billy, who see himself as the brains of the band of urchins, Tom, an acrobat and ace pickpocket, and Charlotte, the resourceful one of the group.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
These resourceful midsize monkeys also have the unique distinction of being the only primate to have successfully colonized Europe in the recent past: stowaways on ships from Morocco to Gibraltar have established a stable population of more than 300 individuals.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
This paradigm of smart, resourceful problem-solving over sheer computing power aligns well with the ongoing digital transformation that demands agility and cost-effectiveness.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2025
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
From the slums of Victorian London, the Baker Street Four of the series are Billy, who see himself as the brains of the band of urchins, Tom, an acrobat and ace pickpocket, and Charlotte, the resourceful one of the group.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
These resourceful midsize monkeys also have the unique distinction of being the only primate to have successfully colonized Europe in the recent past: stowaways on ships from Morocco to Gibraltar have established a stable population of more than 300 individuals.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
This paradigm of smart, resourceful problem-solving over sheer computing power aligns well with the ongoing digital transformation that demands agility and cost-effectiveness.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resourceful
Adjective
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The best communicators are not just skilled speakers but also active listeners who understand the deeper layers of interaction.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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For those keeping track, her character – a highly skilled assassin – was a fundamental part of the superhero team known as the Avengers who gave her life in order to procure an Infinity Stone which ultimately defeated extraterrestrial supervillain Thanos and saved the universe.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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People have been dreaming about intelligent humanoid robots since the introduction of the beloved family maid Rosey on The Jetsons in the early 1960s.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Beyond being intelligent, ethical, musically talented, and dedicated; Emily is a true arts-passionate individual.—
Heide Janssen,
Orange County Register,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The cut and fit of these is almost bespoke, and very clever.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2025
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Classical methods of solving these problems, which often involve churning through possible solutions in clever ways, quickly become untenable.—
Stephen Ornes,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Some of his songs included a subtly subversive degree of dissonance, along with unexpected melodic and rhythmic turns, an ingenious use of texture and counterpoint, and instrumental combinations more commonly heard in chamber-music ensembles or jazz groups.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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One ingenious dish featured a tomato that had been dehydrated, then rehydrated in concentrated tomato water—the tomato deepened by more of itself.—
Coke Bartrina,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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When waiting lists were circumvented, transplants disproportionately went to white, Asian and more educated patients.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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While these artifacts and foodstuffs deteriorate and disappear, the trees survive, allowing today’s researchers to make educated guesses about the lost objects.—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Nemesis is the story of two men on either side of the law, the tale of what happens when an unstoppable force (an expert criminal), Coltrane Wilder (Noel), meets an immovable object (a brilliant police detective), Isaiah Stiles (Law).—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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The actor also has various business ventures, including being a founder and brewer at All-Wise Meadery and co-founder of the high-protein yogurt-like product Thor’s Skyr, along with Terry Crews. 02 of 08 Cole Sprouse (Cody) Cole Sprouse plays Zack’s brilliant twin brother Cody.—
Skyler Trepel,
EW.com,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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As is often the case with slow-burn horror built on judicious restraint, those climactic events are arguably less effective in their relative explicitness than the preceding unease.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
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Just as the great English landscape designers guided beautiful creations with a judicious shaping of the environment but not too much control, Microsoft too is encouraging the flourishing of citizen programmers creating and sharing their knowledge in agents across the organization.—
John Sviokla,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The following reading list offers an initial primer on some of the major scholarly trends in the vibrant history of natural history.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Mar. 2025
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Until now, the consensus scholarly view has held that collards came to the Americas early in the 16th century with Spanish, Portuguese or English Europeans, who introduced collards as a garden plant that was then taken up by enslaved Africans.—
Abderrahim Ouarghidi,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2025
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