gifted
adjective
having great special talent or ability.
giftedness
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a word derived from
gifted.
Example Sentences
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As the board seized control, Tessellations jettisoned its holistic approach to identifying giftedness in favor of traditional IQ tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Until recently, most studies of giftedness focused on young or sub-elite performers.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
When giftedness became a matter of prestige rather than a particular learning style and need, all bets were off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2024
Todd’s narration doesn’t shy from this turbulence, frankly recounting how the artist born Eunice Kathleen Waymon navigated her giftedness in such an environment, mentored and encouraged by a white English immigrant piano teacher.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
But beyond this giftedness, the Cooper boys were my friends.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
