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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Following that wunderkind tenure on Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign and ensuing roles within the Clinton White House, George Stephanopoulos has been a mainstay of American political media.
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Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
One small consolation: At least this year, the Hornets aren’t missing out on a wunderkind.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2024
But if the Earthquakes are trying to double-down on offense, where the team’s 14 goals rank them a respectable 14th out of 29, then the Quakes could do far worse than the uber-talented wunderkind.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
Last month, the 23-year-old wunderkind’s feature directorial debut, Sew Torn, premiered at South by Southwest to glowing reviews, capping an extraordinary five-plus years for the young filmmaker.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2024
Word had gotten around the baseball world about the Texas wunderkind, and the Chicago Union Giants wooed him away from Fort Worth with the usual inducements.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2024
Their feats pale in comparison to the electric atmosphere at the Galen Center created last weekend by the incomparable wunderkind JuJu Watkins.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried is about to learn his fate.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
The connection between computing and the demographics of constructing was first brought to my attention at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in 2014, when the topic of the field’s gender trouble was broached by an unlikely messenger: the seventeen-year-old puzzle wunderkind David Steinberg.
—Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
One small consolation: At least this year, the Hornets aren’t missing out on a wunderkind.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2024
But if the Earthquakes are trying to double-down on offense, where the team’s 14 goals rank them a respectable 14th out of 29, then the Quakes could do far worse than the uber-talented wunderkind.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
Last month, the 23-year-old wunderkind’s feature directorial debut, Sew Torn, premiered at South by Southwest to glowing reviews, capping an extraordinary five-plus years for the young filmmaker.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2024
Word had gotten around the baseball world about the Texas wunderkind, and the Chicago Union Giants wooed him away from Fort Worth with the usual inducements.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2024
Their feats pale in comparison to the electric atmosphere at the Galen Center created last weekend by the incomparable wunderkind JuJu Watkins.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried is about to learn his fate.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
The connection between computing and the demographics of constructing was first brought to my attention at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in 2014, when the topic of the field’s gender trouble was broached by an unlikely messenger: the seventeen-year-old puzzle wunderkind David Steinberg.
—Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
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