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precocious

adjective as in exceptionally smart, ahead of age in understanding

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Josh Whitham knows a little bit about the challenges of being a precocious athlete.

Doctors can also prescribe puberty blockers for some conditions for which they are prescribed such as when a child begins what is called precocious puberty — as young as age 4.

A second lets doctors prescribe puberty blockers for some conditions for which they are prescribed like when a child begins what is called precocious puberty when they are as young as 4.

The young actors are winsome but inexperienced, too often forced to wrangle improbably precocious turns of phrase.

At first Bella babbles and stumbles around like a precocious toddler, learning to speak and move by imitating the adults around her.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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