In a sentence
Six example sentences with resource, each labelled with its topic.
Norway treats its offshore oil as a resource to be banked rather than spent, funding a trillion dollar national fund.
Economics
Timber is the scarcest resource on the map, so veteran players hoard it and trade it only in emergencies.
Gaming
Groundwater under the plain is a finite resource, pumped down faster each dry summer than the winter rains replace.
Environment
The family's only liquid resource was a savings bond, and they cashed it the week the roof failed.
Finance
Silver from the mines was the empire's chief resource, and every fleet that sailed home carried it.
History
Their scarcest resource was engineering time, so the founders said no to every feature that needed more than a week.
Startups
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