precocious

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“I was born the same year as YouTube,” says Kane Parsons, the precocious filmmaker about to upgrade from online-only fame to big-screen recognition.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Few have been better judges of a player's potential than Wenger and Ferguson, who both knew this precocious playmaker was heading for the top.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

A precocious talent who burst on the scene in 2006, Kim was the spark-plug of the 2008 US Ryder Cup team that beat Europe at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Fred Hoiberg, whose precocious coaching success at Iowa State in the early 2010s got him an NBA shot, points out that Nebraska is barely halfway into its season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Among them was a precocious and stunning young drama student named Frances Farmer, who less than two years later the rest of them would be watching on the silver screen.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown