precocity
Example Sentences
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Add six ODIs and a solitary T20i, it still makes for a dismal aggregate of international appearances for a batsman whose precocity had promised a long, dazzling career.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024
“Such precocity, such regularity, is rare, almost unique. He’s someone who, if he is not injured, can manage to score between 45 and 55 goals each year, for years to come.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 20, 2023
Youthful precocity is a given in Anderson’s movies, as are the stirrings of young love.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023
With warmth and humor, Hsu evokes the precocity of college life: “We stayed up so late, possessed by delirium, that we came up with a theory of everything, only we forgot to write it down.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2022
This title, which attaches to all Australians during a period of superficial precocity, has great local significance.
From The Awful Australian by Desmond, Valerie
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
