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
Death and the devil dominate the writing, and Nyro would later attribute this darkness to a fascination from her precocious young adulthood.
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Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
24 May 2026
And Busch, the once-precocious-then-dominant-and-now-so-called-aging-giant of NASCAR, is laughing through his frustration.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2026
Most importantly, he is rid of the stigma of trying to live up to being a precocious first-round pick.
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Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
Topless boys ogle the new arrival, precocious girls look at her askance, clad in more daring sartorial choices than Annie in her long skirt and owl specs.
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Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
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Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
24 May 2026
And Busch, the once-precocious-then-dominant-and-now-so-called-aging-giant of NASCAR, is laughing through his frustration.
—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2026
Most importantly, he is rid of the stigma of trying to live up to being a precocious first-round pick.
—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
Topless boys ogle the new arrival, precocious girls look at her askance, clad in more daring sartorial choices than Annie in her long skirt and owl specs.
—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precocious
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Hours after a woman was found shot to death in a Cedar Hill home early Thursday, detectives arrested her boyfriend on a murder charge, police said.
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The lake's level typically bottoms out each spring before melting snow begins refilling it through early summer.
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According to the results, any amount of resistance exercise, even a few minutes a week, was associated with a lower risk of premature death than never lifting at all, including among people who regularly walked, ran or did other aerobic exercise.
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But when temperatures climb above 85°F, or there’s an extended period of dry heat, veggies can wilt away or drop their flowers or premature fruit, diminishing or, in the worst case, destroying the harvest.
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The exercise also included unexpected financial setbacks.
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The settlement that ended Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively's blockbuster legal war began with an unexpected Friday night phone call.
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From a fatal weekend crash on the I-184 Connector to a sudden summer cooldown, here’s a roundup of top stories the Idaho Statesman has published this week.
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The blockbuster rulings that dominate the news cycle each June are not sudden flashes of judicial willpower.
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Why Basquiat endures Sirmans said there are many reasons why more than three decades after his untimely death from a drug overdose in 1988 at the age of 27, Basquiat remains one of the defining artists of the late 20th century.
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Following the untimely demise of his Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in 2016, Spencer released the Spencer Gets it Lit album alongside The HITmakers in 2022.
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“Precocious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precocious. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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