resourceful
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But teenagers are resourceful, Clark said, and can often circumvent those safeguards.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 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
We didn’t have a lot of money, but my parents were resourceful.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 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
Cunning and resourceful in adversity, he had nearly succeeded in hurting the gull when he leaped at him out of the close cover by the plank bridge.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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