precocity
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Yet the most striking thing about him is not the precocity.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
But Pollack-Pelzner pays attention to Miranda’s stumbles and wrong turns, including a failed time-travel musical, as well as to his precocity.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
“Such precocity, such regularity, is rare, almost unique. He’s someone who, if he is not injured, can manage to score between 45 and 55 goals each year, for years to come.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 20, 2023
On the contrary: He reveled in precocity, cheekiness, iconoclasm and snark.
From New York Times • May 22, 2023
It was thus that the early patron of More, Cardinal Morton, sagaciously contemplated on the precocity of More’s boyhood.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
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The Scarlet Letter
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