precocious

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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

"What would an incredibly precocious child, who remembers everything he ever thought - because computers don't forget things - feel like when he started talking?"

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

“Sometimes you can win the Juvenile with a precocious kind of horse. … Citizen Bull won it but he had distance limitations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

Clara was extremely precocious and had inherited the runaway imagination of all the women in her family on her mother’s side.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende