precocious

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A precocious scholar and the editor of Lewis and Clark’s journals, Biddle might be America’s best-read central banker, though his bookishness cut no mustard with Andrew Jackson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

This has meant the show has spent more time with the very relatable Dunk and his precocious charge Egg.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 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

No one finished out 2025 talking about Disney bastardizing everyone’s favorite precocious blue alien, but “Materialists” was still driving conversations and reactions well through the end of the year.

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026

The insight was precocious, anticipating as it did the distinction between history as experienced and history as remembered, most famously depicted in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis