as in early
occurring before the usual or expected time
a precocious baldness makes him look older than he really is
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Recent Examples of precocious
Cute in a precocious and kind of creepy way, 11-year-old Abby is fine by comparison.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
However, in 2016, when Detroiter Lauren Bradford was about to sit across a chess board from Gilbert for a friendly match to be played within a landmark downtown Detroit office building, the precocious middle school student received a briefing about the famous businessman and developer.
—Scott Talley, Freep.com, 27 Nov. 2025
May contributes harp glissandos, which somehow don’t come off as a precocious affectation.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
No one is more permanently precocious than a former child star.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precocious
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It’ll be deployed to Google DeepMind and Hyundai’s Robotics Metaplant Applications center in the coming months, and additional customers will adopt it in early 2027.—
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Opening arguments in a Stanford felony vandalism case began Friday amid sharp disputes over whether political views tied to Israel’s war in Gaza should factor into the trial — an issue that has shaped the case from its earliest stages.—
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When emergencies result in a premature birth or a baby with medical complications, immediate access to advanced neonatal care is critical.—
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Gilbert blamed Congress for the funding reductions and described the layoffs as premature.—
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The whimsical cover introduces readers to Saffy and Lumo, two best friends whose devotion to their favorite foods leads to an unexpected, and very literal, transformation.—
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While the ordeal was incredibly frustrating for Johnson, updates on his unusual guest have been an unexpected distraction and obsession for a community that has lost so much.—
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Leave a safe distance between you and the vehicle in front of you to account for sudden stops or changes in the traffic pattern.—
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The engine, freed from its hook by a sudden hard, precise kick, quickly sank into the river, pulling the cord tight and dragging the foreman underwater.—
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Now, the Kustrics's American dream — a home with a mortgage, a son at Bellarmine, another in JCPS — quickly became a nightmare made even worse by an untimely Jefferson County tax bill just delivered.—
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Family, friends, industry colleagues and fans are still trying to process the untimely death of musical wunderkind D’Angelo.—
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“Precocious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precocious. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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