at/from an early age

idiom

: when young
She showed remarkable musical talent at/from an early age.

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Gwendolyn Brooks, Chicago’s Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, wrote of life’s also-rans Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in a South Side house full of books and was a poet from an early age, eventually becoming the first Black to win a Pulitzer Prize in poetry. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025 John Andrew Entwistle, the founder of Coder.com and Wander, escaped the confines of conventional schooling and its restrictive structures at an early age. Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 This finding suggests that even in healthy children, suboptimal levels of vitamin D may compromise the gut and potentially increase the risk of developing chronic diseases at an early age. Cristina Palacios, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025 Though structure has its place, allowing your kids to be bored and to take ownership of their time from an early age is one of the best ways to foster independence and creativity. Theo Wolf, Contributor, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for at/from an early age

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