precocious
Example Sentences
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Which is an issue because the three Flynn daughters are unusually precocious.
"What would an incredibly precocious child, who remembers everything he ever thought - because computers don't forget things - feel like when he started talking?"
From BBC
Macaulay was a self-made man elevated to the pinnacle of Britain’s ruling class, thanks to his precocious intelligence and scholarly brilliance.
The most precocious have become known as "Sephora Kids" -- a reference to the popular French beauty retailer -- as they seek to copy popular TikTok or YouTube influencers, some of whom are as young as seven.
From Barron's
It was seen as too precocious or too artsy or too, I don’t know, overly grand.
From Los Angeles Times
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