leapfrog
verb
leapfrogged; leapfrogging
: to leap or progress in or as if in leapfrog
1
: to go ahead of (each other) in turn
specifically
: to advance (two military units) by keeping one unit in action while moving the other unit past it to a position farther in front
2
: to evade by or as if by a bypass
Examples of leapfrog in a Sentence
Skipping his last two years of high school, he leapfrogged his classmates and went to college.
This year's technologies are leapfrogging last year's designs.
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Alternatively, Reiss said, Jay Bhattacharya, the acting CDC director, could issue a set of recommendations, leapfrogging the ACIP step.
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
That company could motor to file and try to leapfrog Anthropic this summer.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 2 June 2026
When Liverpool enjoyed back-to-back wins over Everton and Crystal Palace in late April, there were aspirations of leapfrogging Manchester United into third place.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 1 June 2026
In private markets, Anthropic leapfrogged OpenAI to become the most valuable AI startup in Silicon Valley, closing in on a $1 trillion valuation in its latest funding round as more LLM companies look to go public this year.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 29 May 2026
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
That company could motor to file and try to leapfrog Anthropic this summer.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 2 June 2026
When Liverpool enjoyed back-to-back wins over Everton and Crystal Palace in late April, there were aspirations of leapfrogging Manchester United into third place.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 1 June 2026
In private markets, Anthropic leapfrogged OpenAI to become the most valuable AI startup in Silicon Valley, closing in on a $1 trillion valuation in its latest funding round as more LLM companies look to go public this year.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 29 May 2026
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“Leapfrog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leapfrog. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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