boy wonder

noun

: a young man of noteworthy achievements

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The media was eager to anoint him as a new boy wonder who was pulling folk music into the future via hip-hop and indie rock, or a new Bob Dylan who was different from all the new Dylans who had come before. —

Al Shipley, SPIN, 29 June 2024 At the heart of the tangle of conflicting claims sits the relationship between an American tech boy wonder and an older Russian tycoon. —

Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023 Williams manages a staff of approximately 450 and is likely not mired in the daily minutiae of the prosecution of crypto’s former boy wonder, two former Southern District attorneys told Fortune. —

Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 29 Sep. 2023 Despite his unassuming origins, Tallahassee’s boy wonder has come to believe that stardom is, if not the highest good, then definitely a worthy pursuit. —

M.t. Richards, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for boy wonder