precocity
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She published her first professional writings jointly with Jules Sandeau, a law student whose youth, naiveté and intellectual precocity won the author’s affection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Yet the most striking thing about him is not the precocity.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
“I think there is a big misunderstanding between precocity and speed,” Ryan said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
Mbappé has also been compared with Brazil great Pelé for his precocity.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Going to the university of Coimbra in 1816, he soon earned notoriety by the precocity of his talents and his fervent Liberalism, and there he gained his first oratorical and literary successes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
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