precocious
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By the time she played her first tournament in London, she was hooked, and it wouldn’t take long for the chess world to notice that there was an unusually precocious girl on the scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Gabriel was not involved in last week's defeat by Wrexham in Helsinki as he had returned to training less than a week earlier, but United are carefully handling a precocious talent.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Its popularity is testament to the plans put in place by Mbappe's family at a young age when they were aware of the precocious talent their son possessed.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
The orphanage’s cartoonishly villainous chairlady, Miss Garnett, is especially nasty to Meg—who is plucky and appealing, if perhaps a bit more precocious than seems credible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
He grinned at me like I was a precocious child.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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