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resourceful

[ri-sawrs-fuhl, -sohrs-, -zawrs-, -zohrs-] / rɪˈsɔrs fəl, -ˈsoʊrs-, -ˈzɔrs-, -ˈzoʊrs- /


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For resourceful parents, children present a massive potential for ad sponsorships.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

NTS said the tenancy would suit "resourceful and enthusiastic" people who were already experienced in crofting, and have a trade or could contribute to the isle's knitwear industry.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The job of refining techniques of riding and roping — while modifying gear and apparel — largely fell to the resourceful vaqueros, from the Spanish word vaca for cow.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

The U.S. economy is driven by the extraordinarily resourceful, innovative, and hardworking private sector.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Knowing what every native loves to hear, he would have offered the classic immigrant story, casting himself as the heroic newcomer, self-sufficient, resourceful.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee