wunderkind
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But by the festival’s end, the wunderkind had excitingly found his way with the orchestra.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Phil’s influence, many orchestras everywhere now compete for the latest wunderkind hoping to capitalize on the youth movement rather than slowly nurture a rare ability.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
In one, Grimes offered to help Musk get $5 billion in funding from then-cryptocurrency wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried, whom he described as an “Ultra genius and doer builder like your formula.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
He accomplished very good things in Oxford and he’s turned his career in a steadier direction after a peripatetic start as a football wunderkind.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
Peter Diamond was the latest up-and-coming Brooklyn wunderkind literary sensation.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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