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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On Berger's desk is a poster of sketches and notes outlining every era designed by one of her precocious granddaughters.
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Bryan West, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Even surrounded by her nagging sister Jill (Adrienne Pickering), doting mother Marj (Sarah Peirse), and precocious niece Larry (Lou Baxter), Grace is quick to dismiss her considerable struggles from the recent past as medical anecdotes of a bygone personal era.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
ProPublica’s reporting had found that a different worker had accidentally killed Rodríguez’s son, a precocious 8-year-old named Jefferson.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2024
There was nothing precious or precocious about them, just a supremely breezy confidence.
—Mark Sutherland, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
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Bryan West, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Even surrounded by her nagging sister Jill (Adrienne Pickering), doting mother Marj (Sarah Peirse), and precocious niece Larry (Lou Baxter), Grace is quick to dismiss her considerable struggles from the recent past as medical anecdotes of a bygone personal era.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
ProPublica’s reporting had found that a different worker had accidentally killed Rodríguez’s son, a precocious 8-year-old named Jefferson.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2024
There was nothing precious or precocious about them, just a supremely breezy confidence.
—Mark Sutherland, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Precocious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precocious. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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