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precocious
adjective as in exceptionally smart, ahead of age in understanding
Example Sentences
She approaches the American experiment from myriad angles, drawing on protagonists such as Jane Franklin, Ben Franklin’s precocious sister, and the Simulmatics Corp., whose pioneering computer algorithms still shape our reality.
A precocious draftsman, Goff began working at a Tulsa, Okla., architecture firm at age 12 and by 22 had designed what is still one of Tulsa’s great monuments: the bursting-with-wild-detail Boston Avenue United Methodist Church.
That his precocious battery mate was both a physical force and pitching prodigy.
The musician’s memoir is a patchwork of sorrow and joy, the work of precocious enduring still shadowing her present-day voice.
We’ve all heard of the precocious children who learn to read on their own as early as age 2 or 3, but they are the outliers representing about 1% of children, said Neuman.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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