tender age
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Aschenbrenner was an AI wunderkind who launched his project in 2024 at the tender age of just 23.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
He did not think of himself as a precocious intellect but he took up a scholarship at the University of Chicago at the tender age of 15.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
Entering parliament at the tender age of 30, he became leader of the D66 just a year later, the youngest ever to hold the post.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025
“Sundays were always my favorite day because I knew that we’d all be together,” says Matlin, who became the first deaf actor to win an Oscar in 1987 at the tender age of 21.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
From a tender age it had been Alba’s responsibility to put fresh flowers in the vases.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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