resourceful

Example Sentences

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With Spurs maintaining a strict wage budget, their recruitment must be smart and resourceful whatever division they are in, but it is also important it is in line with the coach's needs and wishes.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

We didn’t have a lot of money, but my parents were resourceful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Fridge clean-out cooking turns potential waste into dinner that feels intentional, resourceful and, above all, comforting.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025

Nancy Drew is a smart and resourceful teenage sleuth who began solving mysteries in the 1930s and continues to solve them to this day.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman