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Sentences with resource

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  • Some families don't have the resources to feed themselves properly.
  • ...resources like coal, tungsten, oil and copper.
  • Resource applies to any thing, person, action, etc. to which one turns for aid in time of need or emergency [what resource is left us?]; resort is usually used of a final resource, qualified as by last [we'll take the train as a last resort]; expedient refers to something used to effect a desired end, specifically to something used as a substitute for the usual means [the daybed was an excellent expedient for unexpected guests]; makeshift applies to a quick expedient and, as a somewhat derogatory term, connotes an inferior substitute, carelessness, etc. [she served sandwiches as a makeshift for dinner]; stopgap refers to a temporary expedient, to be replaced when the usual means is again available [he's just a stopgap until a new manager is appointed]
  • A man of resource
  • Natural resources, including coal and oil
  • To have resource against loneliness.
  • A woman of resource.
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