wunderkind
noun
wun·der·kind
ˈvu̇n-dər-ˌkint 
plural wunderkinder
ˈvu̇n-dər-ˌkin-dər
: a child prodigy
also
: one who succeeds in a competitive or highly difficult field or profession at an early age
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This sounds like a 21st-century riff on the Sundance wunderkind, but A24 didn’t buy a short from a promising high school filmmaker.
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Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 June 2025
Luis Enrique’s merry band of wunderkind’s lap the confetti-laden Allianz Arena.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 30 May 2025
That’s when the duo met Voutilainen, at the time watchmaking’s new wunderkind.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 Mar. 2025
Chinese New Year headlines this year were dominated by AI wunderkind DeepSeek from China that sent shares of U.S tech giants tumbling.
—Naazneen Karmali, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 June 2025
Luis Enrique’s merry band of wunderkind’s lap the confetti-laden Allianz Arena.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 30 May 2025
That’s when the duo met Voutilainen, at the time watchmaking’s new wunderkind.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 Mar. 2025
Chinese New Year headlines this year were dominated by AI wunderkind DeepSeek from China that sent shares of U.S tech giants tumbling.
—Naazneen Karmali, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Wunderkind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wunderkind. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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