precocious
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Precocious as a child and an autodidact, the U.S.-born música Mexicana star taught himself to play guitar at age 8 by watching YouTube tutorials.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024
Precocious puberty was rising before the pandemic, by about three months per decade since 1977.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2023
Precocious: Information leads to knowledge, which leads to self-awareness.
From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2022
Precocious, he started early, playing a small part in a play directed by his father, who taught at a preparatory school in northwest Massachusetts.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2022
Precocious passion for dress and society is the bane of the one, and ridiculous affectation of manhood, especially of its follies, is the shame of the other.
From The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities by Osgood, Samuel
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