gifted child

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I liked it and was impatient with it in equal measure, the way a teacher feels about a lazy, gifted child.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Ohad's older cousin Osnat, 54, described the boy as "very, very smart" and "a gifted child".

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2023

Verdine White called his brother Fred was a gifted child musician, “with gold records at the young age of 16 years old!”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2023

I know the term gets thrown around a lot but I think she is genuinely a gifted child.

From Slate • May 6, 2021

“Rhonda was the most gifted child ever to take the tests. She did so well on everything else, she would have passed no matter what happened in the maze.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart