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quick study

NOUN
someone learning quickly
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A quick study revealed that managing the benefits would be a part-time job.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

I was a quick study, it turned out.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

His schedule underlines that he also needs to be a quick study in a new skill - retail politics.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025

And to hear him tell it, the locals were a quick study.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

He was a hard worker and a quick study.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill